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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 120 · 1980

Godhra

Winner — 1980

KHALPA ABDULRAHIM ISMILE
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 71.6%JNP(JP) 19.6%3 others 8.8%
Votes
23,356
71.6% share
Winning margin
16,954
52.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
34.0%
of 96,065

Godhra is a safe seat — KHALPA ABDULRAHIM ISMILE won by 52.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KHALPA ABDULRAHIM ISMILE
INC(I)
Congress (I)
23,35671.6%
2
PARMAR TAPUBHAI TRIBHOVANDAS
JNP(JP)
6,40219.6%
3
SONI JETHALAL MADHAVLAL
BJP
1,9966.1%
4
BHAMKSHATRI NANJIBHAI CHANDUMAL
JNP(SC)
7152.2%
5
CHANDRANI DR. TIRTHDAS KIMATRAI
IND
1590.5%

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.

Average turnout (53rd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
52.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.0% · min 3.6% · max 52.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
53rd of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.26
fewer partiesmore parties
120th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.6%
lowerhigher
87th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.26EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 71.6%JNP(JP) 19.6%BJP 6.1%OTH 2.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,99,885
Density
582 / km²
Sex ratio
940 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,953 km²
SC population5.0%
ST population1.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.0%Muslim 11.5%Other 1.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water65.4%
Electricity80.5%
Sanitation37.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.2%
Children fully vaccinated69.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.3%
Children underweight (under 5)39.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER76.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.2%
Clean cooking fuel48.0%
Health insurance32.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Agro Products🏺Food Processing Papaya🏺Mathia

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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