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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 165 · 1975Reserved (ST)

Mahuva

Winner — 1975

DHODIA DHANJIBHAI KARSANBHAI
INC· Congress (R)
INC 46.2%NCO 46.0%4 others 7.8%
Votes
19,600
46.2% share
Winning margin
101
0.2% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
53.8%
of 78,797

Mahuva was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.2% — fewer than 101 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DHODIA DHANJIBHAI KARSANBHAI
Congress (R)
19,60046.2%
2
CHAUDHARY MUKUNDBHAI JANABHAI
19,49946.0%
3
DHODIA KAPILBHAI BHIMABHAI
KLP
1,7064.0%
4
DHODIA CHHOTUBHAI PRABHUBHAI
IND
8342.0%
5
CHANDUBHAI CHHIBABHAI JOSHI
IND
4641.1%
6
MADANBHAI UDESINGH CHAUDHARY
IND
2870.7%

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
0.2%
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
181 seats · 91 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.2%NCO 46.0%OTH 7.8%

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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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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