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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 246 · 1978
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Winner — 1978
L. T. SAWANT
IND
IND 41.2%INC(I) 35.0%9 others 23.9%
Votes
21,750
41.2% share
Winning margin
3,277
6.2% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
60.2%
of 87,743
A clear win with a 6.2% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
11 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L. T. SAWANT | IND | 21,750 | 41.2% |
| 2 | KADAM SHASHIKANT RAJARAM |  INC(I)INC | 18,473 | 35.0% |
| 3 | SONABA ANAJI ALIAS BHAUSAHEB CHAVAN | 9,071 | 17.2% | |
| 4 | KAKADE SAHEBRAO KASHINATH | IND | 1,078 | 2.0% |
| 5 | PREMCHAND SADIRAM AGARWAL | IND | 701 | 1.3% |
| 6 | CHAVAN SANJIV GOVIND | IND | 559 | 1.1% |
| 7 | AGARWAL ASHOKKUMAR KAPURCHAND | IND | 380 | 0.7% |
| 8 | LAKKA LAXMAN NAGANNA | IND | 368 | 0.7% |
| 9 | GIRI JAYASHRI VIJAY | IND | 198 | 0.4% |
| 10 | BHONDA VISHNU SHRIDHAR | IND | 127 | 0.2% |
| 11 | ANKUSH LAXMAN NATHU | IND | 116 | 0.2% |
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 (65th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe6.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.2% · min 1.4% · max 52.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
74%
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65th of 288How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.19
fewer partiesmore parties
193rd of 288How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.3%
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256th of 288Where does the house stand?
SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.19EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 41.2%INC(I) 35.0%RPI 17.2%OTH 6.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
43,17,756
Density
290 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
14,895 km²
SC population15.1%
ST population1.8%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.9%Muslim 10.2%Other 1.9%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water57.0%
Electricity69.3%
Sanitation41.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.2%
Children fully vaccinated83.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.3%
Children underweight (under 5)32.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.5%
Women literate76.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.3%
Clean cooking fuel73.1%
Health insurance20.5%
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.