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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 173 · 1972

Jalna South

Winner — 1972

R S RAO RAGHUNATH
INC· Congress (R)
INC 47.8%IND 21.0%5 others 31.2%
Votes
22,062
47.8% share
Winning margin
12,343
26.7% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
47.6%
of 97,102

Jalna South is a safe seat — R S RAO RAGHUNATH won by 26.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
R S RAO RAGHUNATH
Congress (R)
22,06247.8%
2
GOPICHAND DUKHI
IND
9,71921.0%
3
R BHAGULALA JAISWAL
5,81012.6%
4
BIYAN S PARMANAND
Grand Alliance
4,0988.9%
5
M YADAVRAO JALGAONKAR
IND
2,2044.8%
6
KURIL BANSILAL RAMCHARAN
2,0174.4%
7
SHRIKI SHAN MUNDADA
IND
2820.6%

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 (257th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
26.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.9% · min 0.6% · max 31.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
55%
lowerhigher
257th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.94
fewer partiesmore parties
60th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
24th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.94EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.8%IND 21.0%SOP 12.6%BJS 8.9%OTH 9.8%

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
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