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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 58 · 1985

Bhavnagar South

Winner — 1985

JAMOD SHASHIBHAI MAVJIBHAI
INC· INC
INC 46.2%JNP 35.1%6 others 18.6%
Votes
19,825
46.2% share
Winning margin
4,767
11.1% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
38.8%
of 1,10,640

A clear win with a 11.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAMOD SHASHIBHAI MAVJIBHAI
INC
19,82546.2%
2
PATEL RAVJIBHAI HIRABHAI
Janata
15,05835.1%
3
MAKWANA MEGHJI MAVJI
IND
4,40010.3%
4
BARAIYA GAMBHUBHAI SHAZJIBHAI
BJP
2,3385.5%
5
KARSHANBHAI BARAIYA
Left
7971.9%
6
KU. KADIYA NATHABHAI JIVABHAI
IND
2080.5%
7
BHAGVATSINH RANA
IND
1460.3%
8
PATEL KANTILAL BACHUBHAI
1010.2%

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.

Average turnout (67th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
11.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.2% · min 0.2% · max 19.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
67th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
95th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
129th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.2%JNP 35.1%IND 10.3%BJP 5.5%OTH 2.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
72,14,225
Density
890 / km²
Sex ratio
905 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,107 km²
SC population10.5%
ST population1.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 83.8%Muslim 12.2%Other 4.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water84.6%
Electricity97.4%
Sanitation83.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.5%
Children fully vaccinated65.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.5%
Children underweight (under 5)34.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.7%
Women literate81.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.5%
Clean cooking fuel89.7%
Health insurance36.2%

What's nearby?

8 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Gamthi Block print🏺Garment & Apparel🏺Mata ni Pachedi/ Saudagiri Block Print🏺Terracotta
Lothal

Lothal

Heritage SiteWikidata
🏛️

Ancient Sited at Lothal

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient Sited at Lothal

Bahlol Khan Cazi¦s Mosque

Bahlol Khan Cazi¦s Mosque

🏛️MonumentASI

Bahlol Khan Cazi¦s Mosque

Jami Masjid

Jami Masjid

🏛️MonumentASI

Jami Masjid

Khan Masjid

Khan Masjid

🏛️MonumentASI

Khan Masjid

Malav Tank

Malav Tank

🏛️MonumentASI

Malav Tank

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Ruined Building, Dholka

🏛️MonumentASI

Ruined Building

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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