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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 165 · 1972Reserved (ST)

Mota Pondha

Winner — 1972

BHAGWAN BHAI SOMABHAI DHANP
INC· Congress (R)
INC 64.3%NCO 24.7%1 others 11.0%
Votes
14,585
64.3% share
Winning margin
8,976
39.6% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
36.0%
of 63,076

Mota Pondha is a safe seat — BHAGWAN BHAI SOMABHAI DHANP won by 39.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHAGWAN BHAI SOMABHAI DHANP
Congress (R)
14,58564.3%
2
PUNABHAI GOPALBHAI PATEL
5,60924.7%
3
RUPJIBHAI SOMABHAI GAMIT
Grand Alliance
2,49111.0%

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 (155th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
39.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 25.5% · min 0.2% · max 71.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
155th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.46
fewer partiesmore parties
181st of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
116th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
168 seats · 85 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 64.3%NCO 24.7%SWA 11.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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