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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 161 · 2002Reserved (ST)

Nijhar

Winner — 2002

VASAVA PARESHBHAI GOVINDBHAI
INC· INC
INC 40.0%BJP 25.5%5 others 34.6%
Votes
45,299
40.0% share
Winning margin
16,463
14.5% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
64.6%
of 1,75,422

A clear win with a 14.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VASAVA PARESHBHAI GOVINDBHAI
INC
45,29940.0%
2
PADVI SUBHASHBHAI ROTUBHAI
NDA
28,83625.5%
3
VASAVA JAYDEEPSINH PRUTHVISINH
BNP
19,00916.8%
4
GAMIT KANTILAL RESHAMABHAI
IND
12,64611.2%
5
VASAVA YOSHEFBHAI MARTINBHAI
NCP
3,0072.6%
6
VASAVA UTTAMBHAI SANJYABHAI
NDA
2,7982.5%
7
GAMIT JAYRAMBHAI CHEMATIYABHAI
1,6861.5%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Low turnout (166th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
14.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.5% · min 1.4% · max 59.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
166th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
154th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
178th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 40.0%BJP 25.5%BNP 16.8%IND 11.2%OTH 6.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
60,81,322
Density
1337 / km²
Sex ratio
788 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,549 km²
SC population2.6%
ST population14.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 86.5%Muslim 10.9%Other 2.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water80.6%
Electricity96.4%
Sanitation84.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.1%
Children underweight (under 5)32.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.0%
Women literate84.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.1%
Clean cooking fuel88.6%
Health insurance31.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Gems and Jewellery🏷️SadeliGI🏺Zari and Zardosi

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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