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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 168 · 1980
Olpad
Winner — 1980
PATEL BALUBHAI DEVABHAI
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 63.1%JNP(JP) 21.3%4 others 15.7%
Votes
34,273
63.1% share
Winning margin
22,720
41.8% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
52.8%
of 1,02,825
Olpad is a safe seat — PATEL BALUBHAI DEVABHAI won by 41.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PATEL BALUBHAI DEVABHAI |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 34,273 | 63.1% |
| 2 | PATEL PARBHUBHAI DAHYABHAI | JNP(JP) | 11,553 | 21.3% |
| 3 | AJITBBHAI NARSINBHAI PATEL | BJP | 7,324 | 13.5% |
| 4 | PATEL CHANDRAKANT MAGANLAL | IND | 686 | 1.3% |
| 5 | HAJIRAWALA BABUBHAI MANCHHARAM | IND | 253 | 0.5% |
| 6 | RATHOD DHANJIBHAI CHHANABHAI | IND | 248 | 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.
Low turnout (163rd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe41.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 35.1% · min 2.5% · max 57.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
163rd of 182How crowded is the field?
SEAT
1.77
fewer partiesmore parties
172nd of 182How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.3%
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141st of 182Where does the house stand?
SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 63.1%JNP(JP) 21.3%BJP 13.5%OTH 2.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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
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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.