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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 22 · 1972
Dhobitalad
Winner — 1972
POPAT MOHANLAL BHAVANBHAI
INC· Congress (R)
INC 61.3%BJS 21.5%4 others 17.2%
Votes
25,259
61.3% share
Winning margin
16,406
39.8% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
56.5%
of 72,905
Dhobitalad is a safe seat — POPAT MOHANLAL BHAVANBHAI won by 39.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | POPAT MOHANLAL BHAVANBHAI | Congress (R) | 25,259 | 61.3% |
| 2 | VINOD CHHAJURAM GUPTA | Grand Alliance | 8,853 | 21.5% |
| 3 | RAJDA R. GOKULDAS | 6,627 | 16.1% | |
| 4 | ASHOK P. ZAVERI | IND | 165 | 0.4% |
| 5 | KISHINCHAND T. MIRCHANDANI | IND | 156 | 0.4% |
| 6 | HARIRAM K. CHAWLA | IND | 140 | 0.3% |
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 (192nd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean39.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 0.2% · max 39.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
192nd of 288How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
166th of 288How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
123rd of 288Where does the house stand?
SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 61.3%BJS 21.5%NCO 16.1%OTH 1.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
3 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.