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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 96 · 1972

Chikhli

Winner — 1972

BHARAT RAJABHAU BONDRE
INC· Congress (R)
INC 50.4%BJS 27.5%3 others 22.1%
Votes
32,110
50.4% share
Winning margin
14,618
23.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
65.0%
of 98,020

Chikhli is a safe seat — BHARAT RAJABHAU BONDRE won by 23.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHARAT RAJABHAU BONDRE
Congress (R)
32,11050.4%
2
KESHAORAO BAHEKAR
Grand Alliance
17,49227.5%
3
SHANKARRAO SAKHARAM PATIL
9,36114.7%
4
SUGDEORAO BANDUJI JADHAO
4,4807.0%
5
CHAMPALAL MEWADE
IND
2230.3%

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 (166th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
23.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.6% · min 0.0% · max 61.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
166th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.21
fewer partiesmore parties
188th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
163rd of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.21EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.4%BJS 27.5%NCO 14.7%RPI 7.0%OTH 0.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,36,086
Density
295 / km²
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,214 km²
SC population13.5%
ST population2.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
72%HINDU
Hindu 72.3%Muslim 16.7%Buddhist 10.2%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water41.2%
Electricity75.7%
Sanitation28.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.6%
Children fully vaccinated52.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.6%
Children underweight (under 5)41.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.8%
Women literate73.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.0%
Clean cooking fuel54.8%
Health insurance10.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Grams (Hara bhara)🏷️JaggeryGI

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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