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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 145 · 1972

Saoli

Winner — 1972

Y BHAGIRATH BAJAJ
INC· Congress (R)
INC 55.0%BJS 24.7%5 others 20.3%
Votes
37,482
55.0% share
Winning margin
20,673
30.4% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
71.2%
of 95,723

Saoli is a safe seat — Y BHAGIRATH BAJAJ won by 30.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Y BHAGIRATH BAJAJ
Congress (R)
37,48255.0%
2
BALAYIPANT DESHKAR
Grand Alliance
16,80924.7%
3
RAMCHANDRA BALLEWAR
5,3407.8%
4
RAGHOBAJI GOMAJI GONGLE
4,9697.3%
5
TALANDE VITHALRAO KANHUJI
IND
1,8772.8%
6
ATRAM MAROTI DONU
IND
9471.4%
7
KADUSKAR DEWAJI
IND
6881.0%

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.

Low turnout (280th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
30.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.9% · min 7.2% · max 55.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
52%
lowerhigher
280th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
122nd of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
93rd of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 55.0%BJS 24.7%NCO 7.8%RPI 7.3%OTH 5.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,10,60,148
Density
1157 / km²
Sex ratio
886 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,558 km²
SC population6.6%
ST population13.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
79%HINDU
Hindu 78.8%Muslim 12.3%Other 8.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water80.8%
Electricity91.8%
Sanitation67.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.6%
Children fully vaccinated74.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.8%
Women literate90.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.4%
Clean cooking fuel90.4%
Health insurance22.7%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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