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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 59 · 1972Reserved (ST)

Shahapur

Winner — 1972

SHRIRANG RAMA SHINGE
INC· Congress (R)
INC 66.5%IND 28.2%1 others 5.3%
Votes
25,983
66.5% share
Winning margin
14,955
38.3% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
43.4%
of 90,124

Shahapur is a safe seat — SHRIRANG RAMA SHINGE won by 38.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHRIRANG RAMA SHINGE
Congress (R)
25,98366.5%
2
YASHWANT GUNAJI AMEKAR
IND
11,02828.2%
3
HIRALAL MOHINIRAJ MULE
Grand Alliance
2,0625.3%

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 (87th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
38.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.8% · min 2.2% · max 38.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
87th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
141st of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
260th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 66.5%IND 28.2%BJS 5.3%

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?

7 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Engineering🏷️Nagpur OrangeGI
Fort - Dongartal

Fort - Dongartal

🏛️MonumentASI

Fort - Dongartal

Tank and Mandapa opposite to the Dattatraya's temple.

Tank and Mandapa opposite to the Dattatraya's temple.

🏛️MonumentASI

Tank and Mandapa opposite to the Dattatraya's temple.

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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