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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 42 · 1972

Andheri

Winner — 1972

RAMANATH MAHAVIR PANDEY
INC· Congress (R)
INC 50.5%SHS 18.4%5 others 31.1%
Votes
47,710
50.5% share
Winning margin
30,283
32.0% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
60.4%
of 1,56,556

Andheri is a safe seat — RAMANATH MAHAVIR PANDEY won by 32.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMANATH MAHAVIR PANDEY
Congress (R)
47,71050.5%
2
RAGINWAR RAJESWAR WAMAN
17,42718.4%
3
BALKRISHNA S. DHOME
Left
12,68113.4%
4
VASUDEV GULABRAM RAWAL
11,35912.0%
5
K. L. BHAGADA
Grand Alliance
4,7935.1%
6
ABBAS DAVD PATEL
IND
2790.3%
7
NANDLAL L. PESWANEY
IND
2780.3%

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 (80th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
32.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 0.5% · max 48.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
80th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.14
fewer partiesmore parties
43rd of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.1%
lowerhigher
287th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.5%SHS 18.4%CPI 13.4%NCO 12.0%BJS 5.1%OTH 0.6%

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?

4 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mandarin Orange🏺Textile
City Wall of Nawab ismail khan

City Wall of Nawab ismail khan

🏛️MonumentASI

City Wall of Nawab ismail khan

Dula gate

Dula gate

🏛️MonumentASI

Dula gate

🏛️

Haripura Gate

🏛️MonumentASI

Haripura Gate

🏛️

Jiwanpura Gate

🏛️MonumentASI

Jiwanpura Gate

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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