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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 5 · 1985

Anjar

Winner — 1985

NAVINBHAI SHASTRI
INC· INC
INC 67.3%BJP 29.5%6 others 3.2%
Votes
32,189
67.3% share
Winning margin
18,083
37.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
42.5%
of 1,12,552

Anjar is a safe seat — NAVINBHAI SHASTRI won by 37.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NAVINBHAI SHASTRI
INC
32,18967.3%
2
CHAMPAKLAL CHUNILAL SHAH
BJP
14,10629.5%
3
PATEL DAHYABHAI NATHALAL
4550.9%
4
JETHVA JADAVJI BHANJI
IND
3790.8%
5
PRATAP SARKAR
IND
2730.6%
6
PARSOTAMGAR ARJANGAR
IND
1970.4%
7
K.K.BARADIA
IND
1350.3%
8
H.G.TEJVANI
IND
900.2%

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 (182nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
37.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.5% · min 1.8% · max 37.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
48%
lowerhigher
182nd of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.46
fewer partiesmore parties
80th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
22nd of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 67.3%BJP 29.5%OTH 3.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,92,371
Density
46 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
45,674 km²
SC population12.4%
ST population1.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 76.9%Muslim 21.1%Other 2.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water82.5%
Electricity90.7%
Sanitation63.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.4%
Children fully vaccinated70.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.5%
Children underweight (under 5)33.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.5%
Women literate75.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.0%
Clean cooking fuel67.2%
Health insurance34.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️AjrakhGI🏺Bhujodi Shawl weaving🏺Green Dates🏺Hand Embroidery🏺Handicraft Items🏺Leather Work🏺Salt

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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