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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 40 · 1972

Bandra

Winner — 1972

JORGE D. SOUZA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 53.2%SOP 27.9%4 others 18.9%
Votes
44,434
53.2% share
Winning margin
21,118
25.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
62.3%
of 1,34,089

Bandra is a safe seat — JORGE D. SOUZA won by 25.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JORGE D. SOUZA
Congress (R)
44,43453.2%
2
SADANAND SHANKAR VARDE
23,31627.9%
3
MADHUKAR R. SARPOIDAR
9,19611.0%
4
DANJIBHAI RAGHAVJI TANK
Grand Alliance
3,4994.2%
5
SADANAND DEVARAM POWAR
2,0152.4%
6
MOHAMED GEORGE
IND
1,0801.3%

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 (161st), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
25.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.1% · min 5.1% · max 40.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
161st of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.26
fewer partiesmore parties
36th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
187th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.26EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 53.2%SOP 27.9%SHS 11.0%OTH 7.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,88,445
Density
237 / km²
Sex ratio
951 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
12,210 km²
SC population17.5%
ST population14.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
71%HINDU
Hindu 71.2%Muslim 14.6%Buddhist 13.3%Other 1.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water77.8%
Electricity80.4%
Sanitation53.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.3%
Children fully vaccinated92.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.0%
Children underweight (under 5)38.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.4%
Women literate87.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.8%
Clean cooking fuel71.7%
Health insurance31.9%

What's nearby?

1 location
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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.

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