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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 247 · 1972
Wai
Winner — 1972
BHOSALE PRATAPRAO BABURAO
INC· Congress (R)
INC 86.7%BJS 5.8%2 others 7.4%
Votes
42,125
86.7% share
Winning margin
39,285
80.9% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
63.6%
of 76,399
Wai is a safe seat — BHOSALE PRATAPRAO BABURAO won by 80.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHOSALE PRATAPRAO BABURAO | Congress (R) | 42,125 | 86.7% |
| 2 | PORE ARVIND BALKRISHNA | Grand Alliance | 2,840 | 5.8% |
| 3 | VITHALRAO S. BABAR | 2,524 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | RASAL DINKAR SHRIPATI | IND | 1,084 | 2.2% |
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 (126th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe80.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.6% · min 0.1% · max 80.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
126th of 288How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.17
fewer partiesmore parties
201st of 288How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
89th of 288Where does the house stand?
SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 86.7%BJS 5.8%PWP 5.2%OTH 2.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.