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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 126 · 1972
Nagpur West
Winner — 1972
SUSHILABAI BALRAJ
INC· Congress (R)
INC 39.7%BJS 32.7%7 others 27.6%
Votes
25,410
39.7% share
Winning margin
4,514
7.0% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
63.2%
of 1,01,297
A clear win with a 7.0% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUSHILABAI BALRAJ | Congress (R) | 25,410 | 39.7% |
| 2 | SUMATI B. SUKLIKAR | Grand Alliance | 20,896 | 32.6% |
| 3 | MAHADEORAO N. BHORKAR | IND | 13,973 | 21.8% |
| 4 | T. C. MUKHARJI | RPK | 2,629 | 4.1% |
| 5 | INDUMATI PURUSHOTTAM KALE | IND | 354 | 0.6% |
| 6 | PANNALAL K. DESHRAJ | 290 | 0.5% | |
| 7 | KEDARNATH BENILAL CHATE | IND | 184 | 0.3% |
| 8 | DAYARAM PARTUMAL LALWANI | IND | 138 | 0.2% |
| 9 | TEKAM R. PANDURANG | IND | 118 | 0.2% |
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 (189th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe7.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.8% · min 1.9% · max 53.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
64%
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189th of 288How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.36
fewer partiesmore parties
29th of 288How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
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110th of 288Where does the house stand?
SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.7%BJS 32.6%IND 21.8%OTH 5.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
61,07,187
Density
393 / km²
Sex ratio
934 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
15,530 km²
SC population9.1%
ST population25.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.8%Muslim 11.3%Other 2.9%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water63.2%
Electricity76.7%
Sanitation46.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.5%
Children fully vaccinated70.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.2%
Children underweight (under 5)44.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.2%
Women literate80.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Clean cooking fuel72.5%
Health insurance14.7%
What's nearby?
3 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.