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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 203 · 1972

Sholapur City North

Winner — 1972

BET RAMKRISHNA VENKATESH
INC· Congress (R)
INC 47.6%CPI 40.0%2 others 12.5%
Votes
25,364
47.6% share
Winning margin
4,063
7.6% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
68.7%
of 77,591

A clear win with a 7.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BET RAMKRISHNA VENKATESH
Congress (R)
25,36447.6%
2
MADUR VENKAPPA RAMAYYA
Left
21,30140.0%
3
REVANSIDHA BHOGADE
Grand Alliance
5,47310.3%
4
ADAM RARSAYA NARAYAN
Left
1,1702.2%

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 (154th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.1% · min 3.1% · max 30.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
154th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.96
fewer partiesmore parties
59th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
81st of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.96EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.6%CPI 40.0%BJS 10.3%OTH 2.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
94,29,408
Density
603 / km²
Sex ratio
915 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
15,643 km²
SC population12.5%
ST population3.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.8%Muslim 7.1%Other 7.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water80.7%
Electricity92.7%
Sanitation73.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.0%
Children fully vaccinated58.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.9%
Women literate89.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.0%
Clean cooking fuel89.5%
Health insurance14.4%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Songad

🏛️MonumentASI

Songad

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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