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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 98 · 1967

Mehkar

Winner — 1967

S. C. LODHE
INC· INC
INC 41.8%RPI 32.9%2 others 25.3%
Votes
25,232
41.8% share
Winning margin
5,337
8.8% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
74.5%
of 81,045

A clear win with a 8.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
S. C. LODHE
INC
25,23241.8%
2
G. V. TALE
19,89532.9%
3
B. H. DALIMKAR
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
12,75321.1%
4
P. G. ATHAVALE
IND
2,5274.2%

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 (101st), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.5% · min 1.8% · max 45.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
101st of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.54
fewer partiesmore parties
8th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
157th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
4.54EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 41.8%RPI 32.9%BJS 21.1%OTH 4.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,36,086
Density
295 / km²
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,214 km²
SC population13.5%
ST population2.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
72%HINDU
Hindu 72.3%Muslim 16.7%Buddhist 10.2%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water41.2%
Electricity75.7%
Sanitation28.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.6%
Children fully vaccinated52.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.6%
Children underweight (under 5)41.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.8%
Women literate73.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.0%
Clean cooking fuel54.8%
Health insurance10.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Grams (Hara bhara)🏷️JaggeryGI

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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