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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 221 · 1972

Rahuri

Winner — 1972

KADU PUNJAJI BAPUJI
CPI· Left
CPI 53.3%INC 46.2%1 others 0.5%
Votes
28,939
53.3% share
Winning margin
3,875
7.1% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
56.9%
of 95,444

A clear win with a 7.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KADU PUNJAJI BAPUJI
Left
28,93953.3%
2
WAGH RAMANATH LAXMAN
Congress (R)
25,06446.2%
3
ADHAV MARKAS GOPAJI
IND
2780.5%

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.

High turnout (7th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.9% · min 0.3% · max 29.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
7th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties
80th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
113th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 53.3%INC 46.2%OTH 0.5%

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?

4 locations
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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