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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 175 · 1978

Kandhar

Winner — 1978

KURUDE GURUNATHRAO MANIKRAO
PWP 43.6%INC 28.4%4 others 28.0%
Votes
29,825
43.6% share
Winning margin
10,403
15.2% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
57.9%
of 1,18,155

Kandhar is a safe seat — KURUDE GURUNATHRAO MANIKRAO won by 15.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KURUDE GURUNATHRAO MANIKRAO
29,82543.6%
2
BHOSHIKAR ISHWAR RAO NARAYANRAO
INC
19,42228.4%
3
MORE GANPATRAO BHAURAO
IND
8,79912.9%
4
PULKUNDWAR BABURAO HIRAMAN
IND
6,2559.1%
5
SONKAMBLE MOTIRAM VITHOBA
IND
2,5323.7%
6
BHUJBAL RANGNATH RAMRAO
IND
1,6102.4%

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.

Low turnout (272nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
15.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.5% · min 0.1% · max 35.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
53%
lowerhigher
272nd of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.47
fewer partiesmore parties
119th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
35th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.47EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PWP 43.6%INC 28.4%IND 12.9%IND 9.1%OTH 6.1%

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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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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