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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 192 · 1972

Latur

Winner — 1972

SHIVRAJ VISHWANATH PATIL
INC· Congress (R)
INC 64.2%SOP 29.9%2 others 6.0%
Votes
38,400
64.2% share
Winning margin
20,526
34.3% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
61.0%
of 98,150

Latur is a safe seat — SHIVRAJ VISHWANATH PATIL won by 34.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHIVRAJ VISHWANATH PATIL
Congress (R)
38,40064.2%
2
VASANT SHANKAR PATIL
17,87429.9%
3
HANMANT SURYAVANSHI
2,0093.4%
4
DESPANDE VASANT HANMANT
Grand Alliance
1,5632.6%

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.

High turnout (20th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
34.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 1.9% · max 34.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
20th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.69
fewer partiesmore parties
88th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
121st of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.69EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 64.2%SOP 29.9%OTH 6.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
26,34,200
Density
368 / km²
Sex ratio
960 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,152 km²
SC population5.1%
ST population11.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 85.0%Muslim 8.6%Other 6.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water73.9%
Electricity91.7%
Sanitation62.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.6%
Children fully vaccinated92.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.8%
Children underweight (under 5)34.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.2%
Women literate79.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.0%
Clean cooking fuel83.3%
Health insurance26.3%

What's nearby?

29 locations
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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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