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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 31 · 1972Reserved (SC)

Lovegrove

Winner — 1972

RAMCHANDER A. KHAIRE
INC· Congress (R)
INC 66.6%SHS 15.8%4 others 17.6%
Votes
46,402
66.7% share
Winning margin
35,412
50.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
63.6%
of 1,09,472

Lovegrove is a safe seat — RAMCHANDER A. KHAIRE won by 50.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMCHANDER A. KHAIRE
Congress (R)
46,40266.7%
2
NARENDRA DEVDAS JADHAV
10,99015.8%
3
HARI PUNJAJI JADHAV
Left
5,2667.6%
4
RAGHUNATH N. CHAVAN
2,9474.2%
5
RAM AURANGABADKAR
RPK
2,7744.0%
6
S. RAMACHANDRA MORE
Left
1,2441.8%

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 (198th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
50.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.1% · min 0.3% · max 50.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
198th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.78
fewer partiesmore parties
79th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
126th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.78EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 66.7%SHS 15.8%CPI 7.6%OTH 10.0%

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cotton Ginning and pressing🏺Pulses (Daal)

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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