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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 218 · 1972

Shevgaon

Winner — 1972

LANGHE VAKTI RAO BABURAO
CPI· Left
CPI 52.7%INC 47.3%
Votes
31,329
52.7% share
Winning margin
3,232
5.4% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
64.6%
of 91,989

A clear win with a 5.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LANGHE VAKTI RAO BABURAO
Left
31,32952.7%
2
GADAKH YASHWANTRAO KANKAR
Congress (R)
28,09747.3%

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 (36th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
5.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.3% · min 2.3% · max 65.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
36th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.88
fewer partiesmore parties
272nd of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
183rd of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.88EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 52.7%INC 47.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
45,43,159
Density
266 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
17,048 km²
SC population12.6%
ST population8.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.4%Muslim 7.1%Other 2.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water50.3%
Electricity75.1%
Sanitation46.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.9%
Children fully vaccinated83.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.7%
Children underweight (under 5)41.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.3%
Women literate86.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.9%
Clean cooking fuel77.4%
Health insurance12.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cane Sugar🏺Dairy Products (Milk based products)

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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