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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 46 · 1972

Chembur

Winner — 1972

VISHWANATH KRISHNA TEMBE
INC· Congress (R)
INC 57.2%BJS 23.0%4 others 19.8%
Votes
60,690
57.2% share
Winning margin
36,237
34.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
62.9%
of 1,68,840

Chembur is a safe seat — VISHWANATH KRISHNA TEMBE won by 34.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VISHWANATH KRISHNA TEMBE
Congress (R)
60,69057.2%
2
HASHU PARASARAM ADVANI
Grand Alliance
24,45323.0%
3
RAMCHANDRA GENUJI KHARAT
10,59010.0%
4
CHANDRAKANT S. TENDULKAR
9,5569.0%
5
RAMNATH S. PRABHAKAR
5370.5%
6
SUBHASH KESHAO MAYEKAR
IND
3320.3%

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 (100th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
34.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.4% · min 0.9% · max 34.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
100th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.24
fewer partiesmore parties
177th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
75th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 57.2%BJS 23.0%RPI 10.0%SHS 9.0%OTH 0.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,00,774
Density
206 / km²
Sex ratio
946 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,309 km²
SC population14.5%
ST population11.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.3%Buddhist 13.5%Other 5.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water63.4%
Electricity87.9%
Sanitation56.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.8%
Children fully vaccinated92.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.7%
Children underweight (under 5)31.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.0%
Women literate93.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.0%
Clean cooking fuel83.9%
Health insurance27.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · 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.

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