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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 23 · 1967

Girgaon

Winner — 1967

A. NAMJOSHI
INC· INC
INC 43.1%PWP 37.0%4 others 19.9%
Votes
23,572
43.1% share
Winning margin
3,374
6.2% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
70.8%
of 77,209

A clear win with a 6.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
A. NAMJOSHI
INC
23,57243.1%
2
A. PENDSE
20,19837.0%
3
G. KHARE
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
5,97210.9%
4
J. C. GANDHI
Swatantra Party
3,6796.7%
5
B. R. SHANKARSHETH
IND
8411.5%
6
P. BAKHALE
IND
3940.7%

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 (77th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
6.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.6% · min 1.4% · max 37.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
77th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
203rd of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.1%
lowerhigher
286th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 43.1%PWP 37.0%BJS 10.9%SWA 6.7%OTH 2.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,86,258
Density
268 / km²
Sex ratio
934 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,661 km²
SC population18.2%
ST population4.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
71%HINDU
Hindu 71.3%Buddhist 14.1%Muslim 13.7%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water54.2%
Electricity76.5%
Sanitation35.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.9%
Children fully vaccinated85.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.0%
Children underweight (under 5)47.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.8%
Women literate79.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.1%
Clean cooking fuel69.2%
Health insurance37.9%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cotton Related products🏺Mineral based products🏺Seeds for planting
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Temple of Vishnu, remains of an old building to the east of that temple and remains of small temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Temple of Vishnu, remains of an old building to the east of that temple and remains of small temple

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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