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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 59 · 1980Reserved (ST)
Wada
Winner — 1980
GOWARI SHANKAR ABA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 40.7%BJP 36.1%1 others 23.2%
Votes
16,874
40.7% share
Winning margin
1,900
4.6% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
32.6%
of 1,27,091
A closely fought contest. GOWARI SHANKAR ABA won with a 4.6% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOWARI SHANKAR ABA |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 16,874 | 40.7% |
| 2 | SAWARA VISHNU RAMA | BJP | 14,974 | 36.1% |
| 3 | TELAM KRISHNAKANT RAMCHANDRA | 9,606 | 23.2% |
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 (87th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean4.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.8% · min 2.2% · max 38.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
72%
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87th of 288How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
141st of 288How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
260th of 288Where does the house stand?
SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 40.7%BJP 36.1%PWP 23.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
46,53,570
Density
470 / km²
Sex ratio
951 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,892 km²
SC population18.6%
ST population9.4%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
75%HINDU
Hindu 75.0%Buddhist 14.4%Muslim 8.4%Other 2.2%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water76.4%
Electricity92.1%
Sanitation75.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated89.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.6%
Children underweight (under 5)33.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.6%
Women literate94.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.1%
Clean cooking fuel96.0%
Health insurance25.6%
What's nearby?
7 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Engineering🏷️Nagpur OrangeGI
Tank and Mandapa opposite to the Dattatraya's temple.
🏛️MonumentASI
Tank and Mandapa opposite to the Dattatraya's temple.
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.