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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 53 · 1962

Palanpur

Winner — 1962

DALJIBHAI GANESHBHAI PATEL
INC· INC
INC 55.0%SWA 21.1%3 others 23.8%
Votes
15,899
55.0% share
Winning margin
9,788
33.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
40.2%
of 71,854

Palanpur is a safe seat — DALJIBHAI GANESHBHAI PATEL won by 33.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DALJIBHAI GANESHBHAI PATEL
INC
15,89955.0%
2
RAMANLAL UMEDRAM PATEL
Swatantra Party
6,11121.1%
3
VAGHELA RUPSING JEMAJI
IND
3,34711.6%
4
MOHANSINHJI BABARSINHJI PARMAR
IND
2,7759.6%
5
BHAGVANDEV GOPALDAS SHARMA
7692.7%

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 (172nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
33.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.0% · min 2.0% · max 58.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
172nd of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.76
fewer partiesmore parties
173rd of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
56th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.76EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 55.0%SWA 21.1%IND 11.6%IND 9.6%OTH 2.7%

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
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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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