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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 9 · 1972

Sangameshwar

Winner — 1972

BHUVAD LAXMIBAI BABAJI
INC· Congress (R)
INC 54.5%BJS 22.8%2 others 22.7%
Votes
21,952
54.5% share
Winning margin
12,766
31.7% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
46.3%
of 87,054

Sangameshwar is a safe seat — BHUVAD LAXMIBAI BABAJI won by 31.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHUVAD LAXMIBAI BABAJI
Congress (R)
21,95254.5%
2
BHIDE S. DATTATRAY
Grand Alliance
9,18622.8%
3
ANERAO MANOHAR SUBHANRAO
7,80319.4%
4
SHEKASAN MAHAMAD DAUD
IND
1,3643.4%

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 (171st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
31.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.1% · min 0.8% · max 62.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
171st of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.64
fewer partiesmore parties
283rd of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
53rd of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
270 seats · 136 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.64EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 54.5%BJS 22.8%SOP 19.4%OTH 3.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,50,862
Density
285 / km²
Sex ratio
946 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,195 km²
SC population6.2%
ST population31.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.0%Muslim 9.2%Other 1.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water83.9%
Electricity77.2%
Sanitation31.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.2%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.6%
Children underweight (under 5)46.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.2%
Women literate68.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.5%
Clean cooking fuel65.1%
Health insurance19.8%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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🏛️MonumentASI

Seven Muhammadan tombs

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Three Muhammadan tombs

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Three Muhammadan tombs

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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