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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 187 · 1962
Nagpur I
Winner — 1962
VINAYAK SAKHARAM DANDEKAR
IND
IND 46.4%INC 23.0%5 others 30.6%
Votes
30,643
46.4% share
Winning margin
15,452
23.4% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
69.9%
of 94,575
Nagpur I is a safe seat — VINAYAK SAKHARAM DANDEKAR won by 23.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VINAYAK SAKHARAM DANDEKAR | IND | 30,643 | 46.4% |
| 2 | MAANGOPAL JODHARAJ AGARWAL | INC | 15,191 | 23.0% |
| 3 | VASANT PURUSHOTTAM SATHE | Praja Socialist Party | 12,294 | 18.6% |
| 4 | SHANKARRAO SAKHARAMJI SUPARE | 3,957 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | M. ZAHIRUDDIN M. HAFIZUDDIN | IND | 3,091 | 4.7% |
| 6 | NAMDEORAO KAMALAKAR | IND | 612 | 0.9% |
| 7 | KOUSHIK KRUSHNAJI JAMGADE | IND | 281 | 0.4% |
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.
Low turnout (288th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe23.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.5% · min 5.1% · max 41.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
45%
lowerhigher
288th of 288How crowded is the field?
SEAT
1.84
fewer partiesmore parties
275th of 288How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
12th of 288Where does the house stand?
SEAT
264 seats · 133 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.84EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 46.4%INC 23.0%PSP 18.6%BJS 6.0%OTH 6.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,85,411
Density
19652 / km²
Sex ratio
832 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
157 km²
SC population7.1%
ST population0.8%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
61%HINDU
Hindu 60.7%Muslim 25.1%Jain 5.4%Other 8.8%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water97.7%
Electricity98.1%
Sanitation67.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.5%
Children fully vaccinated— NOT REPORTED
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Children underweight (under 5)29.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.9%
Women literate94.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER4.5%
Clean cooking fuel98.3%
Health insurance30.7%
What's nearby?
13 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.