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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 157 · 1962

Yawal

Winner — 1962

RAMABAI NARAYAN DESHPANDE
INC· INC
INC 42.8%PSP 41.3%2 others 15.8%
Votes
15,809
42.9% share
Winning margin
563
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
56.1%
of 65,761

Yawal was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 563 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMABAI NARAYAN DESHPANDE
INC
15,80942.9%
2
GANPAT BHAVADU MAHAJAN
Praja Socialist Party
15,24641.3%
3
SHENFADU DEORAM PATIL
3,0988.4%
4
EKANATH TUKARAM PATIL
Left
2,7437.4%

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 (194th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.5% · min 1.5% · max 36.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
194th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.84
fewer partiesmore parties
72nd of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
33rd of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
264 seats · 133 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.84EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 42.9%PSP 41.3%BJS 8.4%CPI 7.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
93,56,962
Density
20980 / km²
Sex ratio
860 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
446 km²
SC population6.2%
ST population1.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
68%HINDU
Hindu 67.7%Muslim 19.2%Buddhist 5.0%Other 8.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water96.5%
Electricity96.9%
Sanitation54.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.1%
Children fully vaccinatedNOT REPORTED
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.2%
Children underweight (under 5)24.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.0%
Women literate91.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.0%
Clean cooking fuel98.7%
Health insurance20.2%

What's nearby?

1 location
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