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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| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHAGWAN BHAI SOMABHAI DHANP | Congress (R) | 14,585 | 64.3% |
| 2 | PUNABHAI GOPALBHAI PATEL | 5,609 | 24.7% | |
| 3 | RUPJIBHAI SOMABHAI GAMIT | Grand Alliance | 2,491 | 11.0% |
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
safe39.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 25.5% · min 0.2% · max 71.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
58%
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155th of 182How crowded is the field?
SEAT
1.46
fewer partiesmore parties
181st of 182How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.4%
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116th of 182Where 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 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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