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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 238 · 1978

Sangamner

Winner — 1978

THORAT BHAUSAHEB SANTUJI
INC· INC
INC 43.7%JNP 42.3%5 others 14.1%
Votes
33,627
43.7% share
Winning margin
1,101
1.4% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
73.0%
of 1,05,445

Sangamner was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 1,101 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
THORAT BHAUSAHEB SANTUJI
INC
33,62743.7%
2
KHATAL BHIKAJI JIJABA
Janata
32,52642.3%
3
SONAWANE TRYMBAKRAO GANGADHAR
Left
5,8057.5%
4
PATEL HYDER MOHOMMED
IND
1,9402.5%
5
GUNJAN TUKARAM JIJABA
IND
1,5452.0%
6
HARIBHAU KISAN GADEKAR
IND
1,0611.4%
7
WALE DADASAHEB BABAN
IND
4770.6%

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 (167th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.6% · min 1.4% · max 44.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
167th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.18
fewer partiesmore parties
197th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
210th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.18EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 43.7%JNP 42.3%CPI 7.5%OTH 6.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,54,196
Density
343 / km²
Sex ratio
928 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,157 km²
SC population19.6%
ST population2.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.8%Muslim 15.0%Other 3.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water58.4%
Electricity80.5%
Sanitation37.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.7%
Children fully vaccinated79.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.2%
Children underweight (under 5)33.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.7%
Women literate83.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.0%
Clean cooking fuel78.5%
Health insurance33.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Pulses🏺Soya bean and Soya bean based products

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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