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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 185 · 1972

Bhir

Winner — 1972

DESHMUKH S. SYED ALI
INC· Congress (R)
INC 44.7%IND 25.8%3 others 29.6%
Votes
19,029
44.7% share
Winning margin
8,052
18.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
39.9%
of 1,06,801

Bhir is a safe seat — DESHMUKH S. SYED ALI won by 18.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DESHMUKH S. SYED ALI
Congress (R)
19,02944.7%
2
DHEPE M. RUDRAPPA
IND
10,97725.8%
3
ATHER BABAR AHMED HUSAIN
Left
9,67422.7%
4
DHANDE SADASHIV PATILBUWA
IND
1,9674.6%
5
SABLE RAJARAM GENAJI
9512.2%

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.

Low turnout (273rd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
18.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 23.6% · min 1.9% · max 58.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
53%
lowerhigher
273rd of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.68
fewer partiesmore parties
282nd of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
20th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.68EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.7%IND 25.8%CPI 22.7%OTH 6.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
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?

4 locations
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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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