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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 25 · 1985
Jamnagar
Winner — 1985
VASANTBHAI SANGHVI
BJP· BJP
BJP 61.9%INC 36.7%9 others 1.4%
Votes
28,834
61.9% share
Winning margin
11,729
25.2% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
49.0%
of 95,071
Jamnagar is a safe seat — VASANTBHAI SANGHVI won by 25.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
11 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VASANTBHAI SANGHVI | BJP | 28,834 | 61.9% |
| 2 | CHAK I A. KARIM HAJI AHMED | INC | 17,105 | 36.7% |
| 3 | SHAH RATAN SHYAMPRASHAD | IND | 189 | 0.4% |
| 4 | PRAGJI BHATTI DESHALBHAI | 95 | 0.2% | |
| 5 | BABLI KATARMAL | IND | 95 | 0.2% |
| 6 | HARSHDBHAI RAITHATHA | IND | 79 | 0.2% |
| 7 | KHAFI IBRAHIM ISMAIL | IND | 68 | 0.1% |
| 8 | ACHARYA RAMNIKLAL PARSOTAMDAS | IND | 46 | 0.1% |
| 9 | DHROLIYA JENUDIN BADRUDIN | IND | 43 | 0.1% |
| 10 | BABI ABDULRASHID ISMAIL | IND | 32 | 0.1% |
| 11 | PANDYA NATWARLAL RUGNATH | IND | 20 | 0.0% |
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 (110th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe25.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.7% · min 1.6% · max 39.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
63%
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110th of 182How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
86th of 182How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.4%
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124th of 182Where does the house stand?
SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 61.9%INC 36.7%OTH 1.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,35,064
Density
462 / km²
Sex ratio
926 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,401 km²
SC population8.0%
ST population0.5%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.7%Muslim 6.7%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water88.3%
Electricity90.5%
Sanitation54.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.3%
Children fully vaccinated79.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.0%
Children underweight (under 5)41.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.3%
Women literate75.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.3%
Clean cooking fuel63.1%
Health insurance40.7%
What's nearby?
4 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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