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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 262 · 1978
Wai
Winner — 1978
BHOSALE PRATAPRAO BABURAO
INC· INC
INC 56.0%JNP 23.6%6 others 20.4%
Votes
37,899
56.0% share
Winning margin
21,909
32.4% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
72.9%
of 92,796
Wai is a safe seat — BHOSALE PRATAPRAO BABURAO won by 32.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHOSALE PRATAPRAO BABURAO | INC | 37,899 | 56.0% |
| 2 | JAGTAP BUVASAHEB ABAJIRAO | Janata | 15,990 | 23.6% |
| 3 | JAMDADE KONDIRAM BALWANT |  INC(I)INC | 10,235 | 15.1% |
| 4 | BABAR VINAYAK BABURAO | IND | 938 | 1.4% |
| 5 | MORE SARJERAO GENU | IND | 853 | 1.3% |
| 6 | KAMBLE RAMCHANDRA BHAUSAHEB | IND | 849 | 1.3% |
| 7 | LAXMAN WAMAN JADHAV | IND | 507 | 0.8% |
| 8 | JAGTAP DILIP VITHAL | IND | 407 | 0.6% |
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 (188th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe32.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 29.3% · min 1.1% · max 78.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
188th of 288How crowded is the field?
SEAT
1.49
fewer partiesmore parties
288th of 288How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
61st of 288Where does the house stand?
SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.49EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 56.0%JNP 23.6%INC(I) 15.1%OTH 5.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,03,741
Density
287 / km²
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,480 km²
SC population10.8%
ST population1.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 89.6%Other 10.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water73.4%
Electricity87.9%
Sanitation71.1%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.1%
Children fully vaccinated82.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.2%
Children underweight (under 5)28.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.6%
Women literate87.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.1%
Clean cooking fuel82.1%
Health insurance11.4%
What's nearby?
15 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️JaggeryGI🏺Strawberries
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.