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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 212 · 1972Reserved (SC)

Karmala

Winner — 1972

TAYAPPA HARI SONAVANE
INC· Congress (R)
INC 71.2%RPK 24.6%2 others 4.1%
Votes
22,454
71.2% share
Winning margin
14,687
46.6% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
41.9%
of 75,302

Karmala is a safe seat — TAYAPPA HARI SONAVANE won by 46.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
TAYAPPA HARI SONAVANE
Congress (R)
22,45471.2%
2
KAMBLE RAMCHANDRA MARUTI
RPK
7,76724.6%
3
KAMBLE BASU BHIKAJI
IND
6832.2%
4
JADHAV KERU RAMACHANDRA
IND
6131.9%

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 (250th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
46.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.3% · min 1.7% · max 46.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
250th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.28
fewer partiesmore parties
165th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
43rd of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.28EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 71.2%RPK 24.6%OTH 4.1%

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?

4 locations
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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.

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