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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 28 · 1978
Parel
Winner — 1978
VASU DESAI
JNP· Janata
JNP 50.7%SHS 19.3%4 others 30.0%
Votes
44,147
50.7% share
Winning margin
27,291
31.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
71.4%
of 1,22,022
Parel is a safe seat — VASU DESAI won by 31.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VASU DESAI | Janata | 44,147 | 50.7% |
| 2 | DATTAJI SALVI | 16,856 | 19.3% | |
| 3 | GAJANAN SHANKAR LOKE | INC | 11,549 | 13.3% |
| 4 | KANDALKAR TUKARAM GANESH |  INC(I)INC | 7,636 | 8.8% |
| 5 | CHITNIS GANGADHAR VISHNU | Left | 6,789 | 7.8% |
| 6 | M.VIJAY RAJ | IND | 170 | 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 (146th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe31.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.6% · min 0.7% · max 40.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
146th of 288How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.97
fewer partiesmore parties
58th of 288How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
174th of 288Where does the house stand?
SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.97EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 50.7%SHS 19.3%INC 13.3%INC(I) 8.8%CPI 7.8%OTH 0.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,13,906
Density
320 / km²
Sex ratio
946 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,676 km²
SC population20.1%
ST population5.5%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
61%HINDU
Hindu 61.1%Muslim 19.7%Buddhist 18.1%Other 1.1%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water58.7%
Electricity80.4%
Sanitation46.1%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated69.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.6%
Women literate87.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.5%
Clean cooking fuel75.5%
Health insurance40.1%
What's nearby?
2 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cotton Ginning and pressing🏺Pulses (Daal)
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.