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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 97 · 1972

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Winner — 1972

JAGARAO RAOJI CHAVAN
INC· Congress (R)
INC 47.9%IND 38.4%2 others 13.6%
Votes
25,452
47.9% share
Winning margin
5,046
9.5% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
55.3%
of 96,034

A clear win with a 9.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAGARAO RAOJI CHAVAN
Congress (R)
25,45247.9%
2
SAHEBRAO BHAURAO MAPARI
IND
20,40638.4%
3
GOPALRAO SAKHARAM JADHAO
5,88011.1%
4
PRATAP GOVINDA NARWADE
IND
1,3592.6%

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 (67th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
9.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.2% · min 0.9% · max 38.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
67th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.75
fewer partiesmore parties
82nd of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
189th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.75EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.9%IND 38.4%RPI 11.1%OTH 2.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
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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