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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 166 · 1972

Basmath

Winner — 1972

S. IQBAL HUSSAIN
INC· Congress (R)
INC 49.7%PWP 38.6%4 others 11.7%
Votes
18,308
49.7% share
Winning margin
4,097
11.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
36.4%
of 1,01,172

A clear win with a 11.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
S. IQBAL HUSSAIN
Congress (R)
18,30849.7%
2
V. KATNESHWARKAR
14,21138.6%
3
ENGNE JAIRAM
Congress (R)
3,4879.5%
4
GAJABHAR JANARDHAN
RPK
4541.2%
5
PARKAR LAXMAN
IND
2910.8%
6
VIBHUTE NAGSEN
IND
690.2%

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 (226th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
11.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.7% · min 1.6% · max 37.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
226th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.11
fewer partiesmore parties
225th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
26th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.11EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.7%PWP 38.6%INC 9.5%OTH 2.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
93,56,962
Density
20980 / km²
Sex ratio
860 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
446 km²
SC population6.2%
ST population1.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
68%HINDU
Hindu 67.7%Muslim 19.2%Buddhist 5.0%Other 8.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water96.5%
Electricity96.9%
Sanitation54.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.1%
Children fully vaccinatedNOT REPORTED
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.2%
Children underweight (under 5)24.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.0%
Women literate91.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.0%
Clean cooking fuel98.7%
Health insurance20.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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