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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 49 · 2002

Botad

Winner — 2002

SAURABH PATEL
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 53.7%INC 26.8%4 others 19.5%
Votes
66,650
53.7% share
Winning margin
33,430
26.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
66.9%
of 1,85,540

Botad is a safe seat — SAURABH PATEL won by 26.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SAURABH PATEL
BJP (NDA)
66,65053.7%
2
ODHAVJIBHAI RAMJIBHAI PATEL
INC
33,22026.8%
3
RATHOD KARSANBHAI SONDABHAI
NCP
17,41914.0%
4
HIRAPARA KANAJIBHAI KESHAVBHAI
IND
3,0822.5%
5
GOHIL TAKHATSINH GUMANSINH
Samajwadi Party
2,3631.9%
6
HADAKADA ARAJANBHAI RAMBHAI
RGJP
1,3791.1%

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 (147th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
26.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.7% · min 2.1% · max 30.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
147th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.54
fewer partiesmore parties
69th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
179th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.54EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 53.7%INC 26.8%NCP 14.0%OTH 5.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
72,14,225
Density
890 / km²
Sex ratio
905 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,107 km²
SC population10.5%
ST population1.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 83.8%Muslim 12.2%Other 4.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water84.6%
Electricity97.4%
Sanitation83.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.5%
Children fully vaccinated65.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.5%
Children underweight (under 5)34.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.7%
Women literate81.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.5%
Clean cooking fuel89.7%
Health insurance36.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Gamthi Block print🏺Garment & Apparel🏺Mata ni Pachedi/ Saudagiri Block Print🏺Terracotta

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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