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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 101 · 1972

Akot

Winner — 1972

MANOHAR BHIKAJI TAYADE
INC· Congress (R)
INC 52.6%IND 39.9%2 others 7.5%
Votes
34,114
52.6% share
Winning margin
8,248
12.7% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
66.9%
of 96,894

A clear win with a 12.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MANOHAR BHIKAJI TAYADE
Congress (R)
34,11452.6%
2
BHIMRAO BHAURAO WANKHADE
IND
25,86639.9%
3
WAMAN RAOJI BHATKAR
3,7335.8%
4
RAJANINATH POTE
FBL
1,1461.8%

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 (178th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
12.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.9% · min 0.2% · max 53.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
178th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.91
fewer partiesmore parties
65th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
227th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.91EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 52.6%IND 39.9%RPI 5.8%OTH 1.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,59,046
Density
254 / km²
Sex ratio
937 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,718 km²
SC population13.9%
ST population2.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 76.8%Muslim 14.0%Buddhist 7.8%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water41.4%
Electricity74.4%
Sanitation36.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.8%
Children fully vaccinated54.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.0%
Children underweight (under 5)39.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.2%
Women literate71.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.0%
Clean cooking fuel56.4%
Health insurance9.7%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Sweet OrangeGI🏺TMT Steel Bars
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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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