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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 209 · 1962

Rajura

Winner — 1962

VITHALRAO LAXMANRAO DHOTE
INC· INC
INC 44.0%IND 43.8%4 others 12.2%
Votes
22,818
44.0% share
Winning margin
73
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
57.1%
of 90,807

Rajura was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 73 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VITHALRAO LAXMANRAO DHOTE
INC
22,81844.0%
2
YADAORAO RAMCHANDRARAO DHOTE
IND
22,74543.8%
3
BUDHAJI PITHUJI RANGARI
IND
5,36210.3%
4
KASHINATH ZINTRAJI ITANKAR
IND
4230.8%
5
DONGERRAO SINGATRAO KUMARE
IND
2770.5%
6
BALKRISHNA BALIRAM BELSARE
IND
2570.5%

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 (279th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.9% · min 0.1% · max 36.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
52%
lowerhigher
279th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
124th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
31st of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
264 seats · 133 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.0%IND 43.8%IND 10.3%OTH 1.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
94,29,408
Density
603 / km²
Sex ratio
915 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
15,643 km²
SC population12.5%
ST population3.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.8%Muslim 7.1%Other 7.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water80.7%
Electricity92.7%
Sanitation73.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.0%
Children fully vaccinated58.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.9%
Women literate89.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.0%
Clean cooking fuel89.5%
Health insurance14.4%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Engineering Goods🏺Frozen Food
The Cave Temple of Bhamburda (Pataleshwar)

The Cave Temple of Bhamburda (Pataleshwar)

🏛️MonumentASI

The Cave Temple of Bhamburda (Pataleshwar)

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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