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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 189 · 1962

Nagpur

Winner — 1962

SHUSILABAI BALRAJ
INC· INC
INC 29.6%CPI 29.2%5 others 41.2%
Votes
12,859
29.6% share
Winning margin
158
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
65.3%
of 66,600

Nagpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 158 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHUSILABAI BALRAJ
INC
12,85929.6%
2
ARDHENDU BHUSHAN HEMENDRA KUMAR BARDHAN
Left
12,70129.2%
3
GOVIND GOPAL BHAMBULKAR
IND
11,05925.4%
4
SUMATI BALKRISHNA SUKLIKAR
6,38514.7%
5
VIJAYAKANT MUKUNDRAO FULZELE
IND
3130.7%
6
DAMA MOHAN GAIDHANE
IND
890.2%
7
WAMAN NARAYAN CHAVAN
IND
670.1%

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.

High turnout (43rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.3% · min 0.2% · max 24.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
43rd of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.98
fewer partiesmore parties
56th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
101st of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
264 seats · 133 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.98EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 29.6%CPI 29.2%IND 25.4%BJS 14.7%OTH 1.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
26,34,200
Density
368 / km²
Sex ratio
960 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,152 km²
SC population5.1%
ST population11.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 85.0%Muslim 8.6%Other 6.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water73.9%
Electricity91.7%
Sanitation62.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.6%
Children fully vaccinated92.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.8%
Children underweight (under 5)34.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.2%
Women literate79.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.0%
Clean cooking fuel83.3%
Health insurance26.3%

What's nearby?

4 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Iron and Steel🏺Marine Produce
Caves near the Kotali Fort

Caves near the Kotali Fort

🏛️MonumentASI

Caves near the Kotali Fort

Caves, Kondhane

Caves, Kondhane

🏛️MonumentASI

Caves

Kotali Fort with two iron guns and one bronze gun

Kotali Fort with two iron guns and one bronze gun

🏛️MonumentASI

Kotali Fort with two iron guns and one bronze gun

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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