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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 7 · 1962

Wadhwan

Winner — 1962

ARUNA SHANKER PRASAD DESAI
INC· INC
INC 46.8%IND 41.4%2 others 11.8%
Votes
15,338
46.8% share
Winning margin
1,769
5.4% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
53.8%
of 60,930

A clear win with a 5.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ARUNA SHANKER PRASAD DESAI
INC
15,33846.8%
2
CHUNILAL POPATLAL CHUDGAR
IND
13,56941.4%
3
SHANTILAL PARSHOTTAMDAS CHAMPANERI
Praja Socialist Party
3,38310.3%
4
KIRTISINH GOVINDSINH RANA
5021.5%

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.

High turnout (15th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
5.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.0% · min 0.7% · max 37.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
15th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.72
fewer partiesmore parties
57th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
49th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.72EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.8%IND 41.4%PSP 10.3%OTH 1.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
31,20,506
Density
290 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,743 km²
SC population10.5%
ST population9.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.6%Muslim 6.8%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water62.0%
Electricity70.7%
Sanitation26.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.9%
Children fully vaccinated43.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.0%
Children underweight (under 5)44.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.0%
Women literate63.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.3%
Clean cooking fuel45.6%
Health insurance41.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Food Processing/Milk Preparation🏺Granite and Marble Blocks🏺Soof Embroidery/Applique

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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