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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 54 · 1972

Bassein

Winner — 1972

BHAUSAHEB VARTAK
INC· Congress (R)
INC 58.6%SOP 41.4%
Votes
40,589
58.6% share
Winning margin
11,972
17.3% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
66.5%
of 1,04,155

Bassein is a safe seat — BHAUSAHEB VARTAK won by 17.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHAUSAHEB VARTAK
Congress (R)
40,58958.6%
2
PANDHARI NATH R. CHOUDHARI
28,61741.4%

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 (215th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
17.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.5% · min 0.3% · max 46.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
215th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.14
fewer partiesmore parties
213th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
102nd of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 58.6%SOP 41.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
46,53,570
Density
470 / km²
Sex ratio
951 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,892 km²
SC population18.6%
ST population9.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
75%HINDU
Hindu 75.0%Buddhist 14.4%Muslim 8.4%Other 2.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water76.4%
Electricity92.1%
Sanitation75.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated89.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.6%
Children underweight (under 5)33.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.6%
Women literate94.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.1%
Clean cooking fuel96.0%
Health insurance25.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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