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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 180 · 1972

Aurangabad West

Winner — 1972

ZAKARIA RAFIQ BALIMY
INC· Congress (R)
INC 55.8%RPI 21.5%5 others 22.7%
Votes
32,761
55.8% share
Winning margin
20,120
34.3% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
56.9%
of 1,03,144

Aurangabad West is a safe seat — ZAKARIA RAFIQ BALIMY won by 34.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ZAKARIA RAFIQ BALIMY
Congress (R)
32,76155.8%
2
PRADHAN S T
12,64121.5%
3
DNYANENDRA SHARMA
Grand Alliance
10,79018.4%
4
A RAZNI S UMRA HUSSAIN
IND
1,5312.6%
5
Q Y DESHMUKH
IND
4060.7%
6
RAMCHANDRARAO MORE
RPK
3260.6%
7
KASIM KISMATWALA
IND
2680.5%

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 (233rd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
34.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.0% · min 0.7% · max 38.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
233rd of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.29
fewer partiesmore parties
161st of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
23rd of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.29EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 55.8%RPI 21.5%BJS 18.4%OTH 4.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,85,411
Density
19652 / km²
Sex ratio
832 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
157 km²
SC population7.1%
ST population0.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
61%HINDU
Hindu 60.7%Muslim 25.1%Jain 5.4%Other 8.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water97.7%
Electricity98.1%
Sanitation67.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.5%
Children fully vaccinatedNOT REPORTED
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Children underweight (under 5)29.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.9%
Women literate94.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER4.5%
Clean cooking fuel98.3%
Health insurance30.7%

What's nearby?

3 locations
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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