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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 5 · 1985

Rajapur

Winner — 1985

HATANKAR LAXMAN RANGNATH
INC· INC
INC 52.0%JNP 38.1%4 others 9.9%
Votes
32,726
52.0% share
Winning margin
8,749
13.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
57.7%
of 1,09,001

A clear win with a 13.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HATANKAR LAXMAN RANGNATH
INC
32,72652.0%
2
BHIKAJIRAO CHAVAN
Janata
23,97738.1%
3
KHANVILKAR MANMOHAN PANDURANG
IND
2,9894.8%
4
VICHARE RAMESH KRISHNARAO
IND
1,5792.5%
5
RAMDAS N. RUMDE
IND
9251.5%
6
KAMALUDDIN SHAMSUDDIN WADEKAR
IND
7411.2%

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 (172nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
13.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.4% · min 1.7% · max 52.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
172nd of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.79
fewer partiesmore parties
76th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
192nd of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.79EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 52.0%JNP 38.1%OTH 9.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,50,862
Density
285 / km²
Sex ratio
946 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,195 km²
SC population6.2%
ST population31.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.0%Muslim 9.2%Other 1.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water83.9%
Electricity77.2%
Sanitation31.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.2%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.6%
Children underweight (under 5)46.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.2%
Women literate68.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.5%
Clean cooking fuel65.1%
Health insurance19.8%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Old Gateways, Bhamer

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Old Gateways

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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