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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 164 · 1978

Darwha

Winner — 1978

MANDHANA HARINARAYAN RAMESHWAR
IND
IND 59.5%INC 24.0%3 others 16.4%
Votes
45,194
59.5% share
Winning margin
26,976
35.5% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
75.3%
of 1,00,860

Darwha is a safe seat — MANDHANA HARINARAYAN RAMESHWAR won by 35.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MANDHANA HARINARAYAN RAMESHWAR
IND
45,19459.5%
2
GHUIKHEDKAR VISHWASRAO BALKRUSHNA
INC
18,21824.0%
3
KAZI SYED MOINUDDIN KAZI BASHIRUDDIN
RPK
10,34313.6%
4
PATIL RAMDAS MUKUNDA
IND
1,2531.6%
5
MADHUKAR DADARAO GUDADHE
IND
8891.2%

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.

Low turnout (282nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
35.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.1% · min 1.1% · max 36.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
52%
lowerhigher
282nd of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.60
fewer partiesmore parties
99th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
90th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.60EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 59.5%INC 24.0%RPK 13.6%OTH 2.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
93,56,962
Density
20980 / km²
Sex ratio
860 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
446 km²
SC population6.2%
ST population1.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
68%HINDU
Hindu 67.7%Muslim 19.2%Buddhist 5.0%Other 8.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water96.5%
Electricity96.9%
Sanitation54.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.1%
Children fully vaccinatedNOT REPORTED
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.2%
Children underweight (under 5)24.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.0%
Women literate91.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.0%
Clean cooking fuel98.7%
Health insurance20.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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