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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 46 · 1978

Trombay

Winner — 1978

S.BALAKRISHNAN
RPK
RPK 29.4%SHS 27.6%13 others 43.0%
Votes
23,824
29.4% share
Winning margin
1,425
1.8% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
56.0%
of 1,44,645

Trombay was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.8% — fewer than 1,425 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
S.BALAKRISHNAN
RPK
23,82429.4%
2
PATIL AMARNATH VAMAN
22,39927.6%
3
LALITA RAO
INC(I)
INC
15,40919.0%
4
R.G. KHARAT
5,1926.4%
5
SHAIKH SHAFI MAQBUL
IND
5,1046.3%
6
SHANBAG PRABHAKAR RAMNATH
2,3132.9%
7
BARRISTER KHADE V.D.
IND
2,1282.6%
8
MAHESHWAR GOVIND THAKUR
IND
1,5021.9%
9
K.R. LAXMANAN
IND
9871.2%
10
JAGASIA VASHADEV CHATUMAL
IND
6140.8%
11
GANDURDE YADAVRAO BHIKAJI
IND
5740.7%
12
PARMANAND BHAU TAKAWALE
IND
3840.5%
13
DEVCHAND HANSRAJ SHAH
IND
2740.3%
14
M. MOHANKUMAR
IND
2040.3%
15
L.T. NARIYANI
IND
1640.2%

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 (100th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.4% · min 0.9% · max 34.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
100th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.24
fewer partiesmore parties
177th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
75th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RPK 29.4%SHS 27.6%INC(I) 19.0%RPI 6.4%IND 6.3%OTH 11.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,00,774
Density
206 / km²
Sex ratio
946 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,309 km²
SC population14.5%
ST population11.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.3%Buddhist 13.5%Other 5.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water63.4%
Electricity87.9%
Sanitation56.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.8%
Children fully vaccinated92.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.7%
Children underweight (under 5)31.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.0%
Women literate93.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.0%
Clean cooking fuel83.9%
Health insurance27.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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