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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 69 · 1972

Chandor

Winner — 1972

JANARDAN KEDU AHER
IND
IND 47.3%INC 47.1%3 others 5.6%
Votes
25,665
47.3% share
Winning margin
135
0.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
58.4%
of 92,839

Chandor was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 135 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JANARDAN KEDU AHER
IND
25,66547.3%
2
MADHUKARRAO S. SONAWANE
Congress (R)
25,53047.1%
3
BHIKAJI NATHU DESHMANE
Left
1,4642.7%
4
NARAHARPANI K. THAKARE
IND
1,2752.4%
5
SHANKAR DEOMAN AHER
IND
2820.5%

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 (61st), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.4% · min 0.3% · max 46.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
61st of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
5.32
fewer partiesmore parties
1st of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
3.1%
lowerhigher
1st of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
5.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 47.3%INC 47.1%OTH 5.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A sparsely populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,72,942
Density
74 / km²
Sex ratio
982 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
14,412 km²
SC population11.3%
ST population38.7%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.4%Buddhist 7.7%Other 5.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.5%
Electricity59.2%
Sanitation27.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.3%
Children fully vaccinated97.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.7%
Children underweight (under 5)35.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.2%
Women literate79.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.1%
Clean cooking fuel60.5%
Health insurance33.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Forest products🏺Rice

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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