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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 122 · 1980
Lunavada
Winner — 1980
SOLANKI DHIRENDRASINHJI VIRBHADRASINHJI
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 47.3%JNP(JP) 45.5%4 others 7.2%
Votes
22,039
47.3% share
Winning margin
805
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
53.2%
of 87,599
Lunavada was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 805 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOLANKI DHIRENDRASINHJI VIRBHADRASINHJI | Congress (I) | 22,039 | 47.3% |
| 2 | PATEL HIRABHAI HARIBHAI | JNP(JP) | 21,234 | 45.5% |
| 3 | SOLANKI AJITSINH HATHISINH | 1,511 | 3.2% | |
| 4 | PATEL BABARBHAI PUNJABHAI | IND | 892 | 1.9% |
| 5 | DAVE DEVSHANKAR REVASHANKAR | IND | 744 | 1.6% |
| 6 | JOSHI JAYSHANKAR BHAIRAM | IND | 217 | 0.5% |
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 (96th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.0% · min 0.1% · max 33.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
64%
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96th of 182How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.63
fewer partiesmore parties
3rd of 182How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.8%
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47th of 182Where does the house stand?
SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.63EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 47.3%JNP(JP) 45.5%OTH 7.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
23,90,776
Density
457 / km²
Sex ratio
949 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,231 km²
SC population4.2%
ST population30.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.9%Muslim 6.6%Other 0.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water27.2%
Electricity89.3%
Sanitation27.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births88.4%
Children fully vaccinated95.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.1%
Children underweight (under 5)51.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.8%
Women literate71.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.1%
Clean cooking fuel43.6%
Health insurance34.0%
What's nearby?
7 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.


