Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 78 · 2014

Yavatmal

1962 1967 1972 1978 1980 1985 1990 1995 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024

Winner — 2014

MADAN MADHUKARRAO YERAWAR

BJP· BJP (NDA)

BJP 26.4%SHS 25.8%21 others 47.7%

Votes

53,671

26.4% share

Winning margin

1,227

0.6% of votes

Total candidates

Turnout

58.4%

of 3,47,558

Yavatmal was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 1,227 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

3 of 22 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.41 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

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All Candidates

23 total

#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Flags
1	MADAN MADHUKARRAO YERAWAR	BJP BJP (NDA)	53,671	26.4%
2	SANTOSH MAROTRAO DHAVALE	SHS	52,444	25.8%
3	MO.TARIQUE MO.SAMI	BSP BSP	34,498	17.0%
4	THAKARE RAHUL MANIKRAO	INC UPA	33,152	16.3%	DL
5	SANDIP RAMESHCHANDRA BAJORIYA	NCP UPA	17,909	8.8%	DL
6	RAJANE BHANUDAS BAPURAOJI	MNS	2,373	1.2%	DL
7	PRADIP MAROTRAO WADAFALE	IND	1,708	0.8%	DL
8	RAVINDRA MOTIRAM DESHMUKH	IND	1,189	0.6%	DL
9	DNYANESHWAR SHANKARRAO RATHOD	IND	890	0.4%	DL
—	NOTA	NOTA	720	0.3%
11	ADV. JAGDISH CHANDRASHEKHAR DESHMUKH	IND	590	0.3%	DL
12	RAHUL ASHOKRAO THAKARE	IND	494	0.2%	DL
13	SHIVKUMAR SURESHRAO PARCHAKE	IND	460	0.2%	DL
14	RATHOD PRASHANT JAYSINGH	IND	454	0.2%	DL
15	SHENDE ASHOK SHANKARRAO	BBM	407	0.2%	DL
16	DHALE MANISH RAMKRUSHNA	IND	369	0.2%	DL
17	VASANT NARAYAN KANAKE	IND	345	0.2%	DL
18	DILIP JAYRAM MUKKAWAR	PWPI	280	0.1%	DL
19	GAIKWAD HIRALAL KACHRUJI	SARAPA	264	0.1%	DL
20	KESHAV ARJUNRAO BHAGAWAT	IND	237	0.1%	DL
21	KOKATE WASUDEO DEVRAO	IND	215	0.1%	DL
22	SOPAN VITHAL KAMBALE	RPI	203	0.1%	DL
23	BHAJGAWARE PURUSHOTTAM DOMAJI	RBCP	118	0.1%	DL

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

The Record The Place The State

Average turnout (183rd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT

safe

0.6%

MORE COMPETITIVESAFER

mean 16.5% · min 0.6% · max 48.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT

64%

lowerhigher

183rd of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT

2.28

fewer partiesmore parties

162nd of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT

0.4%

lowerhigher

233rd of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT

288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT

2.28EFFECTIVE PARTIES

BJP 26.4%SHS 25.8%BSP 17.0%INC 16.3%NCP 8.8%OTH 5.2%NOTA 0.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT

3/22

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.41 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011

Population

27,72,348

Density

204 / km²

Sex ratio

952 ♀/1000 ♂

Area

13,582 km²

SC population11.8%

ST population18.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01

81%HINDU

Hindu 81.2%Buddhist 9.0%Muslim 8.6%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011

Tap water44.0%

Electricity69.7%

Sanitation31.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21

Institutional births96.3%

Children fully vaccinated74.7%

Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.6%

Children underweight (under 5)39.4%

Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.4%

Women literate80.8%

Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.7%

Clean cooking fuel71.8%

Health insurance29.0%

What's nearby?

4 locations

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Known forDISTRICT

🏺Cotton Ginning and pressing🏺Dolomite and Limestone

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Hemadpanthi Temple of Shree Mahadev (Taponeshwar)

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Mahadev Temple

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Mahadev Temple

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Temple of Kamaleshwar

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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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