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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 216 · 1978

Solapur City South

Winner — 1978

RONE BHIMRAO LAXMANRAO
JNP· Janata
JNP 34.8%INC(I) 34.2%8 others 31.0%
Votes
22,085
34.8% share
Winning margin
354
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
67.1%
of 94,655

Solapur City South was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 354 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RONE BHIMRAO LAXMANRAO
Janata
22,08534.8%
2
KUCHAN RAJARAM SIDRAMAPPA
INC(I)
INC
21,73134.2%
3
GANACHARYA RAMBHAU VENKATESH
Left
6,64110.4%
4
THOKAL NIRMA ATAI SHANKARRAO
INC
6,1919.8%
5
KHATIB SAYYADALI YASUFALLI
IND
5,1938.2%
6
GAIKWAD SHIVAJI RAM
IND
9171.4%
7
PATIL VISHNUPANT RAMRAO
3870.6%
8
KUDALE A. BASHIR USMAN
IND
1510.2%
9
BABLESHWAR HAJISAHEB AMINSAHEB
IND
1480.2%
10
IANDAR A. RAHIM A. KADAR
IND
760.1%

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 (76th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.0% · min 0.6% · max 42.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
76th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.36
fewer partiesmore parties
30th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
32nd of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 34.8%INC(I) 34.2%CPI 10.4%INC 9.8%IND 8.2%OTH 2.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
45,43,159
Density
266 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
17,048 km²
SC population12.6%
ST population8.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.4%Muslim 7.1%Other 2.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water50.3%
Electricity75.1%
Sanitation46.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.9%
Children fully vaccinated83.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.7%
Children underweight (under 5)41.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.3%
Women literate86.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.9%
Clean cooking fuel77.4%
Health insurance12.0%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cane Sugar🏺Dairy Products (Milk based products)
Caves & Temple Harischandra Garh

Caves & Temple Harischandra Garh

🏛️MonumentASI

Caves & Temple Harischandra Garh

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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