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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 233 · 1972

Shukrawar Peth

Winner — 1972

RAMCHANDRA A. MHALGI
BJS· Grand Alliance
BJS 50.1%INC 48.2%2 others 1.6%
Votes
41,792
50.1% share
Winning margin
1,597
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
72.9%
of 1,14,282

Shukrawar Peth was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 1,597 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMCHANDRA A. MHALGI
Grand Alliance
41,79250.1%
2
VASANT THORAT
Congress (R)
40,19548.2%
3
BABYRAO RAJPUT
7480.9%
4
SHREEKANTH NARGOLKAR
IND
6060.7%

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.

High turnout (41st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.1% · min 0.7% · max 54.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
41st of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.61
fewer partiesmore parties
284th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
231st of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.61EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 50.1%INC 48.2%OTH 1.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,85,049
Density
242 / km²
Sex ratio
916 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,693 km²
SC population13.6%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 84.1%Muslim 12.4%Other 3.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water42.3%
Electricity73.8%
Sanitation25.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.0%
Children fully vaccinated75.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.8%
Children underweight (under 5)36.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.8%
Women literate76.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.7%
Clean cooking fuel54.4%
Health insurance9.3%

What's nearby?

16 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Beed Custard AppleGI🏺Cotton and cotton seed oil

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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