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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 65 · 2017
Morvi
Winner — 2017
BRIJESH MERJA
INC· INC (UPA)
INC 48.7%BJP 46.9%7 others 4.4%
Votes
89,396
48.7% share
Winning margin
3,419
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
71.7%
of 2,55,971
Morvi was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 3,419 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BRIJESH MERJA | INC (UPA) | 89,396 | 48.7% |
| 2 | AMRUTIYA KANTILAL SHIVLAL | NDA | 85,977 | 46.9% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 3,069 | 1.7% |
| 4 | SUKHABHAI DAYABHAI KUMBHARAVADIYA | IND | 1,387 | 0.8% |
| 5 | GADHIYA DHARMENDRABHAI SHIVLAL | AINHCP | 1,236 | 0.7% |
| 6 | GOGARA DIPAKBHAI GANDUBHAI | 768 | 0.4% | |
| 7 | MIRANI VIVEK JAYANTILAL (BABALU) | IND | 690 | 0.4% |
| 8 | ARAJANBHAI PALABHAI RATHOD | IND | 538 | 0.3% |
| 9 | ARVINDBHAI LALJIBHAI KAVAR | IND | 420 | 0.2% |
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 (64th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe1.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.1% · min 1.1% · max 45.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
67%
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64th of 182How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.31
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107th of 182How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
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181st of 182Where does the house stand?
SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.31EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.7%BJP 46.9%OTH 2.8%NOTA 1.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
38,04,558
Density
340 / km²
Sex ratio
927 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
11,198 km²
SC population7.6%
ST population0.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.3%Muslim 9.5%Other 1.2%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water83.2%
Electricity95.5%
Sanitation69.4%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.3%
Children fully vaccinated84.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.9%
Children underweight (under 5)37.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate84.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.1%
Clean cooking fuel83.6%
Health insurance45.1%
What's nearby?
1 locationSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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