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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 131 · 1962

Dindori

Winner — 1962

RAGHUNATH GOPALRAO GUNJAL
INC· INC
INC 39.2%CPI 31.4%4 others 29.4%
Votes
14,063
39.2% share
Winning margin
2,773
7.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
74.5%
of 48,186

A clear win with a 7.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAGHUNATH GOPALRAO GUNJAL
INC
14,06339.2%
2
FAKIRRAO SAKHARAM DAWAKHAR
Left
11,29031.4%
3
MADHAV PANDURANG PATIL
IND
4,40812.3%
4
PUNJA BHAVRAO THAKARE
Praja Socialist Party
3,97111.1%
5
FAKIRA WALU KARATE
IND
1,9035.3%
6
NAMDEO MADHAV AHER
IND
2790.8%

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 (159th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.7% · min 1.3% · max 39.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
159th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.07
fewer partiesmore parties
52nd of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
36th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
264 seats · 133 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.07EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.2%CPI 31.4%IND 12.3%PSP 11.1%IND 5.3%OTH 0.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,10,60,148
Density
1157 / km²
Sex ratio
886 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,558 km²
SC population6.6%
ST population13.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
79%HINDU
Hindu 78.8%Muslim 12.3%Other 8.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water80.8%
Electricity91.8%
Sanitation67.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.6%
Children fully vaccinated74.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.8%
Women literate90.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.4%
Clean cooking fuel90.4%
Health insurance22.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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