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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 246 · 1972

Satara

Winner — 1972

JAGTAP DHONDIRAM SHIDOJI
INC· Congress (R)
INC 69.2%NCO 21.9%3 others 8.9%
Votes
41,307
69.2% share
Winning margin
28,239
47.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
67.0%
of 89,065

Satara is a safe seat — JAGTAP DHONDIRAM SHIDOJI won by 47.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAGTAP DHONDIRAM SHIDOJI
Congress (R)
41,30769.2%
2
PAWAR NARAYANRAO RAJARAM
13,06821.9%
3
VINAYAKRAO B. DHAWALE
Grand Alliance
4,3357.3%
4
RASAL DINKAR SHRIPATI
IND
5350.9%
5
BHAGWAT SONAPPA BALAPPA
IND
4690.8%

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 (65th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
47.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.2% · min 1.4% · max 52.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
65th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.19
fewer partiesmore parties
193rd of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
256th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.19EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 69.2%NCO 21.9%BJS 7.3%OTH 1.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
43,17,756
Density
290 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
14,895 km²
SC population15.1%
ST population1.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.9%Muslim 10.2%Other 1.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water57.0%
Electricity69.3%
Sanitation41.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.2%
Children fully vaccinated83.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.3%
Children underweight (under 5)32.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.5%
Women literate76.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.3%
Clean cooking fuel73.1%
Health insurance20.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️PomegranateGI🏷️Solapur Terry TowelGI

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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