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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 10 · 1967

Chiplun

Winner — 1967

P. K. SAWANT
INC· INC
INC 53.1%BJS 24.7%2 others 22.2%
Votes
22,528
53.1% share
Winning margin
12,069
28.4% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
59.5%
of 71,346

Chiplun is a safe seat — P. K. SAWANT won by 28.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
P. K. SAWANT
INC
22,52853.1%
2
R. G. GHAG
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
10,45924.7%
3
S. B. MOHITE
IND
5,47212.9%
4
A. M. DALAWAI
Praja Socialist Party
3,9569.3%

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 (162nd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
28.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.4% · min 4.6% · max 71.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
162nd of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.13
fewer partiesmore parties
218th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
64th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.13EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 53.1%BJS 24.7%IND 12.9%PSP 9.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
42,29,917
Density
360 / km²
Sex ratio
925 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
11,765 km²
SC population9.2%
ST population14.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.7%Muslim 13.3%Other 5.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water88.7%
Electricity80.8%
Sanitation35.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.5%
Children fully vaccinated61.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.3%
Children underweight (under 5)36.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.2%
Women literate76.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.0%
Clean cooking fuel79.5%
Health insurance11.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Jalgaon BananaGI🏺Plastic PVC Pipes

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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