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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 127 · 1978
Arvi
Winner — 1978
CHUDIWALA SHIVCHAND GOWARDHANDAS
IND
IND 70.9%JNP 13.1%6 others 15.9%
Votes
64,168
70.9% share
Winning margin
52,278
57.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
76.5%
of 1,18,317
Arvi is a safe seat — CHUDIWALA SHIVCHAND GOWARDHANDAS won by 57.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHUDIWALA SHIVCHAND GOWARDHANDAS | IND | 64,168 | 70.9% |
| 2 | WAGH DHAIRYASHILRAO VINAYAKRAO | Janata | 11,890 | 13.1% |
| 3 | MOHOD VISHWANATHJI YADAVRAO | INC | 9,981 | 11.0% |
| 4 | ATRAM PUNJABRAO CHHANUJI | IND | 1,741 | 1.9% |
| 5 | MESHRAM VITHALRAO TUKARAM | IND | 1,018 | 1.1% |
| 6 | ABDUL HAFIZ SHEKH IBRAHIM | IND | 659 | 0.7% |
| 7 | BORADE KASHINATH NATHUJI | IND | 585 | 0.7% |
| 8 | SAHADEO SHANKARRAO BHURAJI | IND | 432 | 0.5% |
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.
High turnout (32nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe57.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.2% · min 0.5% · max 57.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
32nd of 288How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.92
fewer partiesmore parties
64th of 288How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
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68th of 288Where does the house stand?
SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.92EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 70.9%JNP 13.1%INC 11.0%OTH 4.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
61,07,187
Density
393 / km²
Sex ratio
934 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
15,530 km²
SC population9.1%
ST population25.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.8%Muslim 11.3%Other 2.9%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water63.2%
Electricity76.7%
Sanitation46.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.5%
Children fully vaccinated70.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.2%
Children underweight (under 5)44.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.2%
Women literate80.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Clean cooking fuel72.5%
Health insurance14.7%
What's nearby?
13 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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