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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 66 · 1962

Ratnagiri

Winner — 1962

SHANTARAM LAXMAN PEJE
INC· INC
INC 52.6%PSP 21.5%2 others 25.8%
Votes
16,804
52.6% share
Winning margin
9,926
31.1% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
48.0%
of 66,461

Ratnagiri is a safe seat — SHANTARAM LAXMAN PEJE won by 31.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHANTARAM LAXMAN PEJE
INC
16,80452.6%
2
MOHAN SHANKAR TODANKAR
Praja Socialist Party
6,87821.6%
3
DATTATRAY YASHWANT VILANKAR
5,12616.1%
4
SHANKAR RAMCHANDRA DATE
3,1099.7%

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 (75th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
31.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.3% · min 0.9% · max 31.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
75th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
205th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
150th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
264 seats · 133 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 52.6%PSP 21.6%BJS 16.1%HMS 9.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,22,507
Density
253 / km²
Sex ratio
999 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,234 km²
SC population13.3%
ST population16.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.3%Buddhist 9.5%Other 3.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water17.5%
Electricity82.9%
Sanitation52.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.1%
Children fully vaccinated88.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.9%
Children underweight (under 5)35.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.4%
Women literate87.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.5%
Clean cooking fuel68.0%
Health insurance30.6%

What's nearby?

5 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Remains of the temple close to the south of the village Ganeshpur.

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Remains of the temple close to the south of the village Ganeshpur.

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Remains of the temple to the north of the village

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Remains of the temple to the north of the village

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Remains of the temple to the north-west of the village

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Remains of the temple to the north-west of the village

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The old remains of two temples outside Padampur to the north and the other immediately to the south…

🏛️MonumentASI

The old remains of two temples outside Padampur to the north and the other immediately to the south of Ganeshpur.

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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