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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 232 · 1978

Sheogaon

Winner — 1978

LANGHE VAKILRAO BABURAO
CPI· Left
CPI 35.2%INC 33.7%3 others 31.1%
Votes
23,872
35.2% share
Winning margin
995
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
68.7%
of 98,710

Sheogaon was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 995 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LANGHE VAKILRAO BABURAO
Left
23,87235.2%
2
NIMBALKAR EKNATH BUVASAHEB
INC
22,87733.7%
3
HONDE VASANTRAO KAKAJI
Janata
12,26118.1%
4
JADHAV BAPURAO ANANTRAO
INC(I)
INC
7,99811.8%
5
MOHITE KRUSHNAJI APPAJI
IND
8281.2%

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 (187th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.8% · min 0.0% · max 33.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
187th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.31
fewer partiesmore parties
154th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
263rd of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.31EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 35.2%INC 33.7%JNP 18.1%INC(I) 11.8%OTH 1.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,85,049
Density
242 / km²
Sex ratio
916 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,693 km²
SC population13.6%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 84.1%Muslim 12.4%Other 3.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water42.3%
Electricity73.8%
Sanitation25.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.0%
Children fully vaccinated75.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.8%
Children underweight (under 5)36.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.8%
Women literate76.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.7%
Clean cooking fuel54.4%
Health insurance9.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Beed Custard AppleGI🏺Cotton and cotton seed oil

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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