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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 12 · 1980

Mahad

Winner — 1980

CHANDRAKANT KHANDERAO DESHMUKH
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 39.8%JNP(JP) 24.4%3 others 35.7%
Votes
22,879
39.8% share
Winning margin
8,844
15.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
57.6%
of 99,745

Mahad is a safe seat — CHANDRAKANT KHANDERAO DESHMUKH won by 15.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHANDRAKANT KHANDERAO DESHMUKH
INC(I)
Congress (I)
22,87939.8%
2
KISHOR PAWAR
JNP(JP)
14,03524.4%
3
SHANTARAM SHIVARAM PHILSE
IND
11,65820.3%
4
ARUN YESHWANT DESHMUKH
5,74210.0%
5
MADHUKAR GANGARAM GAIKWAD
IND
3,1165.4%

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 (232nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
15.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.2% · min 0.9% · max 56.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
232nd of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.24
fewer partiesmore parties
175th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
94th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 39.8%JNP(JP) 24.4%IND 20.3%INC(U) 10.0%IND 5.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
42,29,917
Density
360 / km²
Sex ratio
925 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
11,765 km²
SC population9.2%
ST population14.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.7%Muslim 13.3%Other 5.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water88.7%
Electricity80.8%
Sanitation35.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.5%
Children fully vaccinated61.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.3%
Children underweight (under 5)36.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.2%
Women literate76.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.0%
Clean cooking fuel79.5%
Health insurance11.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Jalgaon BananaGI🏺Plastic PVC Pipes

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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