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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 247 · 1985

Shivajinagar

Winner — 1985

ANNA JOSHI
BJP· BJP
BJP 49.0%INC 48.9%12 others 2.0%
Votes
48,969
49.0% share
Winning margin
111
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
58.1%
of 1,71,982

Shivajinagar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 111 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ANNA JOSHI
BJP
48,96949.0%
2
SHRIDHAR MADGULKAR
INC
48,85848.9%
3
ANNA ALIAS RAMKRISHNA ZENDA
Lok Dal
3750.4%
4
MOTILING SHANKAR VISHNU
IND
3690.4%
5
GANDHI CHAMPALAL CHHOGALAL
IND
3270.3%
6
SHINDE SURESH MADHAVRAO
IND
1850.2%
7
BABURAO SHIVRAM RAMAPURE
IND
1270.1%
8
JAWANI CHINTAMANI DAGADU
IND
1210.1%
9
RAMCHANDRA BABURAO PASALKAR
IND
1180.1%
10
SHANKAR NAMDEO JACHAK
IND
1150.1%
11
RANULAL BADRINARAYAN RATHI
IND
870.1%
12
SATISH PAREKH
IND
870.1%
13
SHAIKH MUBARAK
IND
640.1%
14
VINOD ANAND SINGH
IND
620.1%

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 (126th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.6% · min 0.1% · max 80.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
126th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.17
fewer partiesmore parties
201st of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
89th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 49.0%INC 48.9%OTH 2.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
43,17,756
Density
290 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
14,895 km²
SC population15.1%
ST population1.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.9%Muslim 10.2%Other 1.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water57.0%
Electricity69.3%
Sanitation41.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.2%
Children fully vaccinated83.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.3%
Children underweight (under 5)32.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.5%
Women literate76.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.3%
Clean cooking fuel73.1%
Health insurance20.5%

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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