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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 23 · 1962

Chembur

Winner — 1962

VADILAL CHATRABHUJ GANDHI
INC· INC
INC 56.2%CPI 18.3%5 others 25.6%
Votes
59,446
56.2% share
Winning margin
40,127
37.9% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
62.8%
of 1,68,390

Chembur is a safe seat — VADILAL CHATRABHUJ GANDHI won by 37.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VADILAL CHATRABHUJ GANDHI
INC
59,44656.2%
2
RAGHUNATH JANARDAN DHUPKAR
Left
19,31918.3%
3
SARDARILAL MOOLCHAND GUPTA
16,56815.7%
4
PREMRATAN FAKIRCHAND VOHRA
IND
6,2926.0%
5
S. M. V. GIRI
IND
2,4302.3%
6
VISHNU NARHAR SANE
SOC
1,0441.0%
7
VISHWANATH SADASHIV BAPAT
IND
7030.7%

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 (77th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
37.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.6% · min 1.4% · max 37.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
77th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
203rd of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.1%
lowerhigher
286th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
264 seats · 133 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 56.2%CPI 18.3%BJS 15.7%IND 6.0%OTH 4.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,86,258
Density
268 / km²
Sex ratio
934 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,661 km²
SC population18.2%
ST population4.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
71%HINDU
Hindu 71.3%Buddhist 14.1%Muslim 13.7%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water54.2%
Electricity76.5%
Sanitation35.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.9%
Children fully vaccinated85.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.0%
Children underweight (under 5)47.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.8%
Women literate79.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.1%
Clean cooking fuel69.2%
Health insurance37.9%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cotton Related products🏺Mineral based products🏺Seeds for planting
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Temple of Vishnu, remains of an old building to the east of that temple and remains of small temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Temple of Vishnu, remains of an old building to the east of that temple and remains of small temple

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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