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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 188 · 1978
Bhokardan
Winner — 1978
VITHALRAO RAMSING PATIL
JNP· Janata
JNP 47.4%INC(I) 24.7%3 others 27.9%
Votes
32,990
47.4% share
Winning margin
15,805
22.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
62.3%
of 1,11,621
Bhokardan is a safe seat — VITHALRAO RAMSING PATIL won by 22.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VITHALRAO RAMSING PATIL | Janata | 32,990 | 47.4% |
| 2 | HANUMANTRAO GAWANJI SAWANT |  INC(I)INC | 17,185 | 24.7% |
| 3 | MUKUNDRAO VITTHALRAO MIRKER | INC | 14,809 | 21.3% |
| 4 | UTTAMRAO TUKARAM SALVE | IND | 2,334 | 3.4% |
| 5 | BABU KALIDAS LAXMIKANTRAO WAGHMARE | IND | 2,225 | 3.2% |
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.
Average turnout (222nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe22.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.3% · min 1.9% · max 35.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
222nd of 288How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.75
fewer partiesmore parties
85th of 288How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
72nd of 288Where does the house stand?
SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.75EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 47.4%INC(I) 24.7%INC 21.3%OTH 6.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
26,34,200
Density
368 / km²
Sex ratio
960 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,152 km²
SC population5.1%
ST population11.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 85.0%Muslim 8.6%Other 6.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water73.9%
Electricity91.7%
Sanitation62.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.6%
Children fully vaccinated92.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.8%
Children underweight (under 5)34.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.2%
Women literate79.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.0%
Clean cooking fuel83.3%
Health insurance26.3%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Iron and Steel🏺Marine Produce
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.