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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 168 · 19512 seats · 1 SC

Washim

Winner — 1951

SHANKAR SADASHIV KULKARNI
Also elected — same seat
MAROTI KASHIRAM KAIRADE
INC· 23,917 votes
INC 23.4%INC 21.4%7 others 55.2%
Votes
26,167
23.4% share
Winning margin
3,097
2.8% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
56.5%
of 98,981

A closely fought contest. SHANKAR SADASHIV KULKARNI won with a 2.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHANKAR SADASHIV KULKARNI
26,16723.4%
2
MAROTI KASHIRAM KAIRADE
23,91721.4%
3
NARAYAN VITHOBA KHADSE
23,07020.6%
4
SAKHARAM HARI AWACHAT
16,47514.7%
5
RAMBHAU CHINKAJI SALVE
IND
7,7807.0%
6
VISHWANATH JAIRAM GURHALKAR
5,7715.2%
7
SHANTABAI VITHAL NAWALIKAR
SKP
4,5094.0%
8
DATTATRAYA GOVIND NAIK
IND
2,1922.0%
9
GANGARAM PANDURANG RAJGURU
IND
1,9721.8%

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.

High turnout (37th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.1% · min 2.8% · max 33.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
37th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.14
fewer partiesmore parties
166th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
164th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
232 seats · 117 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 23.4%INC 21.4%BJS 20.6%SCF 14.7%IND 7.0%SP 5.2%OTH 7.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,12,681
Density
244 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,195 km²
SC population23.4%
ST population2.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.3%Muslim 11.6%Other 1.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.3%
Electricity78.0%
Sanitation23.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.1%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.8%
Children underweight (under 5)27.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.8%
Women literate58.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.4%
Clean cooking fuel37.7%
Health insurance34.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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