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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 117 · 1980

Karanja

Winner — 1980

RATHI RAMKRUSHNA GANGARAMJI
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 41.6%PWP 32.4%3 others 26.0%
Votes
22,045
41.6% share
Winning margin
4,852
9.2% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
53.6%
of 98,840

A clear win with a 9.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RATHI RAMKRUSHNA GANGARAMJI
INC(I)
Congress (I)
22,04541.6%
2
BANG MANOHAR MOTILALJI
17,19332.4%
3
AMBORE RAMDAS NARAYAN
9,88018.6%
4
AJIT FARUQUI AJIMODDIN FARUQUI
JNP(JP)
3,2086.0%
5
RACHWANI CHANDUMAL PARSUMAL
IND
6871.3%

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.

High turnout (12th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
9.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.7% · min 0.0% · max 35.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
12th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
208th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
84th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 41.6%PWP 32.4%RPI 18.6%JNP(JP) 6.0%OTH 1.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
61,07,187
Density
393 / km²
Sex ratio
934 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
15,530 km²
SC population9.1%
ST population25.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.8%Muslim 11.3%Other 2.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water63.2%
Electricity76.7%
Sanitation46.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.5%
Children fully vaccinated70.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.2%
Children underweight (under 5)44.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.2%
Women literate80.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Clean cooking fuel72.5%
Health insurance14.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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