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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 235 · 1972

Poona Cantonment

Winner — 1972

SHIVAJIRAO DHERE
INC· Congress (R)
INC 59.0%SOP 26.5%2 others 14.5%
Votes
30,661
59.0% share
Winning margin
16,888
32.5% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
59.3%
of 87,580

Poona Cantonment is a safe seat — SHIVAJIRAO DHERE won by 32.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHIVAJIRAO DHERE
Congress (R)
30,66159.0%
2
RAM TUPE
13,77326.5%
3
YADAV SHANKAR MALANNA
Grand Alliance
4,2418.2%
4
SALAVE RAJMURTI
RPK
3,2786.3%

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 (190th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
32.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.2% · min 2.1% · max 51.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
190th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.55
fewer partiesmore parties
108th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
267th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.55EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 59.0%SOP 26.5%BJS 8.2%RPK 6.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,54,196
Density
343 / km²
Sex ratio
928 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,157 km²
SC population19.6%
ST population2.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.8%Muslim 15.0%Other 3.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water58.4%
Electricity80.5%
Sanitation37.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.7%
Children fully vaccinated79.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.2%
Children underweight (under 5)33.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.7%
Women literate83.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.0%
Clean cooking fuel78.5%
Health insurance33.6%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Pulses🏺Soya bean and Soya bean based products

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