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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 119 · 1972

Anand

Winner — 1972

A. BHUPATSINHJI VAGHELA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 55.4%NCO 26.6%3 others 18.1%
Votes
31,916
55.4% share
Winning margin
16,608
28.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
60.0%
of 96,099

Anand is a safe seat — A. BHUPATSINHJI VAGHELA won by 28.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
A. BHUPATSINHJI VAGHELA
Congress (R)
31,91655.4%
2
SHANKAR BHAI D. VAGHELA
15,30826.6%
3
J. B. BANDOOKWALA PATEL
Grand Alliance
8,61814.9%
4
MAHENDRA KUMAR B. PATEL
IND
1,3062.3%
5
GHANSHYAMPRASAD K. SELAT
Grand Alliance
5030.9%

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 (33rd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
28.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.7% · min 2.2% · max 49.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
33rd of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.11
fewer partiesmore parties
151st of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
126th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
168 seats · 85 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.11EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 55.4%NCO 26.6%BJS 14.9%OTH 3.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,99,885
Density
582 / km²
Sex ratio
940 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,953 km²
SC population5.0%
ST population1.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.0%Muslim 11.5%Other 1.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water65.4%
Electricity80.5%
Sanitation37.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.2%
Children fully vaccinated69.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.3%
Children underweight (under 5)39.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER76.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.2%
Clean cooking fuel48.0%
Health insurance32.2%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Agro Products🏺Food Processing Papaya🏺Mathia
Temple of Galteshwar

Temple of Galteshwar

🏛️MonumentASI

Temple of Galteshwar

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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