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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 162 · 1972Reserved (ST)
Chikhli
Winner — 1972
RATANJI K PATEL
INC· Congress (R)
INC 44.5%NCO 34.8%3 others 20.6%
Votes
17,240
44.5% share
Winning margin
3,744
9.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
50.9%
of 76,097
A clear win with a 9.7% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RATANJI K PATEL | Congress (R) | 17,240 | 44.5% |
| 2 | CHHATRAPAL G PATEL | 13,496 | 34.9% | |
| 3 | GOVINDBHAI M PATEL | Grand Alliance | 3,620 | 9.3% |
| 4 | KANJIBHAI M PATEL | Grand Alliance | 3,432 | 8.9% |
| 5 | BHIKHABHAI M PATEL | IND | 938 | 2.4% |
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 (180th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe9.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 24.2% · min 2.7% · max 67.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
51%
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180th of 182How crowded is the field?
SEAT
1.87
fewer partiesmore parties
169th of 182How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
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174th of 182Where does the house stand?
SEAT
168 seats · 85 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.87EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.5%NCO 34.9%SWA 9.3%BJS 8.9%OTH 2.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
60,81,322
Density
1337 / km²
Sex ratio
788 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,549 km²
SC population2.6%
ST population14.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 86.5%Muslim 10.9%Other 2.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water80.6%
Electricity96.4%
Sanitation84.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.1%
Children underweight (under 5)32.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.0%
Women literate84.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.1%
Clean cooking fuel88.6%
Health insurance31.6%
What's nearby?
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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.