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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 28 · 1972

Khetwadi

Winner — 1972

ANANT NAMJOSHI
INC· Congress (R)
INC 59.7%BJS 18.8%4 others 21.5%
Votes
29,075
59.7% share
Winning margin
19,904
40.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
60.2%
of 80,958

Khetwadi is a safe seat — ANANT NAMJOSHI won by 40.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ANANT NAMJOSHI
Congress (R)
29,07559.7%
2
LAKH NI JIVANLAL MULCHAND
Grand Alliance
9,17118.8%
3
GANGARAM LAXMAN REDDY
Left
4,3739.0%
4
DWARKADAS VARJLAL VORA
3,0626.3%
5
BABA DINANATH KALGUTKAR
2,5665.3%
6
ABDUL RASULMIYA MALIK
IND
4590.9%

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 (146th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
40.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.6% · min 0.7% · max 40.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
146th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.97
fewer partiesmore parties
58th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
174th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.97EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 59.7%BJS 18.8%CPI 9.0%NCO 6.3%SOP 5.3%OTH 0.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,13,906
Density
320 / km²
Sex ratio
946 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,676 km²
SC population20.1%
ST population5.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
61%HINDU
Hindu 61.1%Muslim 19.7%Buddhist 18.1%Other 1.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water58.7%
Electricity80.4%
Sanitation46.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated69.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.6%
Women literate87.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.5%
Clean cooking fuel75.5%
Health insurance40.1%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cotton Ginning and pressing🏺Pulses (Daal)
Narnala Fort

Narnala Fort

🏛️MonumentASI

Narnala Fort

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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