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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 55 · 1962Reserved (SC)

Idar

Winner — 1962

BHAMBHI GOVIMDBHAI MANABHAI
INC· INC
INC 64.3%SWA 28.5%2 others 7.3%
Votes
23,715
64.3% share
Winning margin
13,212
35.8% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
57.0%
of 64,733

Idar is a safe seat — BHAMBHI GOVIMDBHAI MANABHAI won by 35.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHAMBHI GOVIMDBHAI MANABHAI
INC
23,71564.3%
2
BHAMBHI MANABHAI REVABHAI
Swatantra Party
10,50328.5%
3
DHANEK KALIDAS NATHABHAI
Praja Socialist Party
1,4423.9%
4
VANKAR DAHYABHAI RAMABHAI
REP
1,2473.4%

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 (168th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
35.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 29.9% · min 8.0% · max 63.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
168th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.63
fewer partiesmore parties
178th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
107th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.63EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 64.3%SWA 28.5%OTH 7.3%

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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