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Bombay · Assembly Constituency 268 · 1957

Melghat

19511957

Winner — 1957

GAWANDE KOKILABAI JAGANNATH
INC· INC
INC 49.0%IND 26.7%7 others 24.3%
Votes
18,448
49.0% share
Winning margin
8,385
22.3% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
55.2%
of 68,214

Melghat is a safe seat — GAWANDE KOKILABAI JAGANNATH won by 22.3%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GAWANDE KOKILABAI JAGANNATH
INC
18,44849.0%
2
KHANDELWAL MAMRAJ JAGANNATH
IND
10,06326.7%
3
FARKADE DADHARAO LAXMANRAO
PSP
2,8127.5%
4
NANDORKAR BHAGWATRAO SHIORAMJI
IND
2,6417.0%
5
SHRIVASTAVA MAHADEOPRASAD VINAYAKRAO
IND
1,3783.7%
6
JAGANNATH RASUDDIN
IND
6801.8%
7
CHAUDHARI NARAYANRAO KRISHNAJI
IND
6631.8%
8
TAYADE GUNWANT ARJUNJI
IND
4981.3%
9
BODKHE GANGARAM RAWAJI
IND
4681.2%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (180th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
22.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 23.3% · min 22.3% · max 24.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
55%
lowerhigher
180th of 339

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.08
fewer partiesmore parties
68th of 339

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
396 seats · 199 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.0%IND 26.7%PSP 7.5%IND 7.0%OTH 9.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
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