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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 23 · 1978

Opera House

Winner — 1978

MEHTA JAYAWANTIBEN NAVINCHANDRA
JNP· Janata
JNP 61.4%SHS 23.6%2 others 15.0%
Votes
43,625
61.4% share
Winning margin
26,857
37.8% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
65.4%
of 1,08,701

Opera House is a safe seat — MEHTA JAYAWANTIBEN NAVINCHANDRA won by 37.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MEHTA JAYAWANTIBEN NAVINCHANDRA
Janata
43,62561.4%
2
PRAMOD NAVALKAR
16,76823.6%
3
ANKLESHWARIA RAMANLAL CHHOTALAL
INC
7,12810.0%
4
P.N. SHAH
INC(I)
INC
3,5475.0%

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 (77th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
37.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.6% · min 1.4% · max 37.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
77th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
203rd of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.1%
lowerhigher
286th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 61.4%SHS 23.6%INC 10.0%OTH 5.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,86,258
Density
268 / km²
Sex ratio
934 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,661 km²
SC population18.2%
ST population4.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
71%HINDU
Hindu 71.3%Buddhist 14.1%Muslim 13.7%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water54.2%
Electricity76.5%
Sanitation35.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.9%
Children fully vaccinated85.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.0%
Children underweight (under 5)47.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.8%
Women literate79.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.1%
Clean cooking fuel69.2%
Health insurance37.9%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cotton Related products🏺Mineral based products🏺Seeds for planting
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Temple of Vishnu, remains of an old building to the east of that temple and remains of small temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Temple of Vishnu, remains of an old building to the east of that temple and remains of small temple

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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