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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 279 · 1980Reserved (SC)
Vadgaon
Winner — 1980
AWALE JAYWANT GANGARAM
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 65.4%IND 12.3%5 others 22.3%
Votes
29,771
65.4% share
Winning margin
24,175
53.1% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
39.5%
of 1,15,380
Vadgaon is a safe seat — AWALE JAYWANT GANGARAM won by 53.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWALE JAYWANT GANGARAM |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 29,771 | 65.4% |
| 2 | MANE NANASAHEB SANTRAM | IND | 5,596 | 12.3% |
| 3 | SHRINGARE RAMCHANDRA NANA | BJP | 3,075 | 6.8% |
| 4 | SAMUDRE JAGANNATH SITARAM | IND | 2,664 | 5.8% |
| 5 | KAMBLE RATAN BALU | 2,477 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | KAMBLE MAHADEO BHAU | JNP(JP) | 1,470 | 3.2% |
| 7 | DEVEKAR RAVAJI TRIMBYAK | IND | 482 | 1.1% |
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 (129th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe53.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.2% · min 2.3% · max 53.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
129th of 288How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.08
fewer partiesmore parties
243rd of 288How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
128th of 288Where does the house stand?
SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 65.4%IND 12.3%BJP 6.8%IND 5.8%RPI 5.4%OTH 4.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
38,76,001
Density
504 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,685 km²
SC population13.0%
ST population0.8%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.2%Muslim 7.4%Other 5.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water85.5%
Electricity93.7%
Sanitation74.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.2%
Children fully vaccinated67.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Children underweight (under 5)34.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.1%
Women literate90.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.0%
Clean cooking fuel84.7%
Health insurance16.5%
What's nearby?
13 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.