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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 160 · 1978

Wani

Winner — 1978

PANGHATE BAPURAO HARBAJI
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 67.6%IND 18.2%3 others 14.2%
Votes
50,142
67.6% share
Winning margin
36,645
49.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
73.3%
of 1,01,153

Wani is a safe seat — PANGHATE BAPURAO HARBAJI won by 49.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PANGHATE BAPURAO HARBAJI
INC(I)
INC
50,14267.6%
2
NANDEKAR DADA SITARAM
IND
13,49718.2%
3
KALE NAMDEORAO NARAYAN
Left
8,23011.1%
4
GANJARE DEORAO VITHAL
1,7762.4%
5
KURLIKAR ( LAD ) NILKANTH VISHWANATH
IND
5450.7%

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.

Low turnout (259th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
49.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 29.9% · min 9.7% · max 53.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
55%
lowerhigher
259th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.77
fewer partiesmore parties
280th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
27th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 67.6%IND 18.2%CPI 11.1%OTH 3.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
93,56,962
Density
20980 / km²
Sex ratio
860 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
446 km²
SC population6.2%
ST population1.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
68%HINDU
Hindu 67.7%Muslim 19.2%Buddhist 5.0%Other 8.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water96.5%
Electricity96.9%
Sanitation54.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.1%
Children fully vaccinatedNOT REPORTED
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.2%
Children underweight (under 5)24.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.0%
Women literate91.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.0%
Clean cooking fuel98.7%
Health insurance20.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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