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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 85 · 1980
Vijapur
Winner — 1980
PATEL AMRITLAL KALIDAS
BJP· BJP
BJP 49.0%INC(I) 27.7%4 others 23.2%
Votes
28,122
49.0% share
Winning margin
12,216
21.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
57.8%
of 99,312
Vijapur is a safe seat — PATEL AMRITLAL KALIDAS won by 21.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PATEL AMRITLAL KALIDAS | BJP | 28,122 | 49.0% |
| 2 | PATEL JAYANTIBHAI JETHABHAI |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 15,906 | 27.7% |
| 3 | PATEL AMARATLAL KANJIBHAI | JNP(JP) | 11,880 | 20.7% |
| 4 | THAKOR TEJAJI HALAJI | IND | 895 | 1.6% |
| 5 | THAKOR SARDARJI KHODAJI | IND | 358 | 0.6% |
| 6 | BARAD GOPALJI JETAJI | IND | 193 | 0.3% |
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 (120th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe21.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.3% · min 0.4% · max 44.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
62%
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120th of 182How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.78
fewer partiesmore parties
50th of 182How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
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168th of 182Where does the house stand?
SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.78EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 49.0%INC(I) 27.7%JNP(JP) 20.7%OTH 2.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
27,43,082
Density
311 / km²
Sex ratio
953 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,831 km²
SC population9.7%
ST population2.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.4%Muslim 12.2%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water63.9%
Electricity94.6%
Sanitation59.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.4%
Children fully vaccinated93.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.3%
Children underweight (under 5)26.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.8%
Women literate82.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.2%
Clean cooking fuel67.2%
Health insurance47.3%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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