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Winner — Lok Sabha 1998

NAIK SUDHAKARRAO RAJUSING
INC· Congress-led alliance (INC + RPI seat pact), Maharashtra 1998 Lok Sabha
INC 57.2%SHS 40.0%6 others 2.8%
Votes
3,59,742
57.2% share
Winning margin
1,08,590
17.3% of votes
Total votes cast
6,28,572
Candidates
8
Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NAIK SUDHAKARRAO RAJUSING
Congress-led alliance (INC + RPI seat pact), Maharashtra 1998 Lok Sabha
3,59,74257.2%
2
DR. DNYANESHWAR KESHAORAO SHEWALE
2,51,15240.0%
3
DHOLE NAGORAO PUNJARAO
7,8101.2%
4
DEBAJE PRALHADRAO ASHRUJI
IND
3,2150.5%
5
JADHAV RAVI SAMPATRAO
3,1580.5%
6
KAKADE SARJERAO GANPATRAO
ICS
1,5470.3%
7
DESHMUKH NARAYANRAO SHANKARRAO
IND
1,3960.2%
8
ANNASAHEB DESHMUKH @ VIJAYKUMAR SHRIRAM DESHMUKH
IND
5520.1%

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 (9th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
17.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.6% · min 2.2% · max 68.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
9th of 48

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.74
fewer partiesmore parties
10th of 48

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
22nd of 48

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.74EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 57.2%SHS 40.0%OTH 2.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
61,07,187
Density
393 / km²
Sex ratio
934 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
15,530 km²
SC population9.1%
ST population25.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.8%Muslim 11.3%Other 2.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water63.2%
Electricity76.7%
Sanitation46.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.5%
Children fully vaccinated70.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.2%
Children underweight (under 5)44.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.2%
Women literate80.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Clean cooking fuel72.5%
Health insurance14.7%

What's nearby?

9 locations
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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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