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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 60 · 2002

Dholka

Winner — 2002

CHUDASAMA BHUPENDRASINH
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 48.8%INC 48.1%1 others 3.0%
Votes
49,683
48.8% share
Winning margin
722
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
62.6%
of 1,62,494

Dholka was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 722 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHUDASAMA BHUPENDRASINH
BJP (NDA)
49,68348.8%
2
KANJIBHAI RAYABHAI TALAPADA
INC
48,96148.1%
3
SOLANKI DILIPBHAI KARSANBHAI
IND
3,0893.0%

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 (104th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.7% · min 0.7% · max 70.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
104th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
82nd of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
32nd of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 48.8%INC 48.1%OTH 3.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,56,268
Density
169 / km²
Sex ratio
930 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,423 km²
SC population10.2%
ST population1.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.3%Muslim 6.3%Other 1.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water69.6%
Electricity88.2%
Sanitation35.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.6%
Children fully vaccinated62.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.2%
Children underweight (under 5)41.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.6%
Women literate75.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.5%
Clean cooking fuel56.9%
Health insurance50.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Single Ikat weaving🏺Spinning and Cotton Yarn🏷️Tangaliya ShawlGI

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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