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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 156 · 1975

Broach

Winner — 1975

THAKORE PAYUSHBHAI DHANVANTRAI
INC· Congress (R)
INC 40.8%NCO 38.9%5 others 20.3%
Votes
23,934
40.8% share
Winning margin
1,135
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
68.3%
of 85,843

Broach was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 1,135 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
THAKORE PAYUSHBHAI DHANVANTRAI
Congress (R)
23,93440.8%
2
SHAH KANAIYALAL HIRALAL
22,79938.9%
3
PATEL MUSABHAI UMARJI
KLP
9,61316.4%
4
SHAH THAKORBHAI CHHAGANLAL
Left
1,1572.0%
5
SHAH VINODCHANDRA PREMCHANDRA
IND
4790.8%
6
KHARVA MANGALBHAI RAYIJIBHAI
IND
3610.6%
7
SHELAT SHIVPRASAD PRANSHANKER
IND
2600.4%

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.

High turnout (16th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.4% · min 1.9% · max 43.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
16th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
75th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
35th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
181 seats · 91 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 40.8%NCO 38.9%KLP 16.4%OTH 3.9%

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
Known forDISTRICT
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