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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 3 · 1978

Malvan

Winner — 1978

DALVI YASHWANT BABAJI
JNP· Janata
JNP 59.0%INC 19.1%4 others 21.9%
Votes
35,221
59.0% share
Winning margin
23,792
39.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
62.8%
of 95,036

Malvan is a safe seat — DALVI YASHWANT BABAJI won by 39.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DALVI YASHWANT BABAJI
Janata
35,22159.0%
2
KESHAVRAO VYANKATESH RANE
INC
11,42919.1%
3
SAWANT SITARAM SAKHARAM
8,28413.9%
4
DHOLAM DHONDI BABU
IND
2,9705.0%
5
KADAM GHANASHYAM TULSHIRAM
IND
1,1601.9%
6
GOVIND RAGHUNATH DHURI
IND
6301.1%

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 (155th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
39.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.4% · min 1.2% · max 41.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
155th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.90
fewer partiesmore parties
270th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
127th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 59.0%INC 19.1%PWP 13.9%OTH 8.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,48,295
Density
277 / km²
Sex ratio
978 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,955 km²
SC population2.9%
ST population69.3%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.3%Muslim 5.8%Other 1.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water56.8%
Electricity58.3%
Sanitation28.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.3%
Children fully vaccinated72.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.8%
Children underweight (under 5)57.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.2%
Women literate57.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.0%
Clean cooking fuel40.3%
Health insurance15.3%

What's nearby?

1 location
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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.

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