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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 156 · 1980

Broach

Winner — 1980

PATEL MOHMEDBHAI HAFEZI ISMAIL
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 60.3%JNP(JP) 33.1%1 others 6.6%
Votes
31,869
60.3% share
Winning margin
14,363
27.2% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
52.0%
of 1,01,661

Broach is a safe seat — PATEL MOHMEDBHAI HAFEZI ISMAIL won by 27.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PATEL MOHMEDBHAI HAFEZI ISMAIL
INC(I)
Congress (I)
31,86960.3%
2
SHAH DINESHCHANDRA VINODCHANDRA
JNP(JP)
17,50633.1%
3
HANSOTI BHIKHUBHAI CHHITABHAI
BJP
3,4996.6%

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
27.2%
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
182 seats · 92 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 60.3%JNP(JP) 33.1%BJP 6.6%

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
🏺Gems and Jewellery🏷️SadeliGI🏺Zari and Zardosi

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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