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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 168 · 1998
Olpad
Winner — 1998
PATEL DHANSUKHBHAI NATHUBHAI
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 50.5%INC 28.1%3 others 21.4%
Votes
64,268
50.5% share
Winning margin
28,527
22.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
49.3%
of 2,58,048
Olpad is a safe seat — PATEL DHANSUKHBHAI NATHUBHAI won by 22.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PATEL DHANSUKHBHAI NATHUBHAI | BJP (NDA) | 64,268 | 50.5% |
| 2 | PATEL MAHENDRABHAI RATANJIBHAI | INC | 35,741 | 28.1% |
| 3 | BHAGUBHAI PATEL (VIMAL) | AIRJP | 25,136 | 19.8% |
| 4 | MAHAJAN NANABHAI CHAITARAMBHAI | 1,650 | 1.3% | |
| 5 | VADIWALA KANTIBHAI KIKABHAI | IND | 414 | 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.
Low turnout (163rd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe22.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 35.1% · min 2.5% · max 57.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
57%
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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
BJP 50.5%INC 28.1%AIRJP 19.8%OTH 1.6%
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.