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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 32 · 1978
Dadar
Winner — 1978
HEMACHANDRA SHANKAR GUPTE
JNP· Janata
JNP 46.2%SHS 19.2%6 others 34.6%
Votes
38,879
46.2% share
Winning margin
22,748
27.0% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
70.6%
of 1,19,138
Dadar is a safe seat — HEMACHANDRA SHANKAR GUPTE won by 27.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HEMACHANDRA SHANKAR GUPTE | Janata | 38,879 | 46.2% |
| 2 | MANOHAR GAJANAN JOSHI | 16,131 | 19.2% | |
| 3 | BHAURAO PATIL |  INC(I)INC | 12,579 | 14.9% |
| 4 | JAYAWANT MORESHWAR PATIL | Left | 11,004 | 13.1% |
| 5 | WAMAN SHANKAR MATKAR | INC | 4,372 | 5.2% |
| 6 | FERNANDES MENENO HENRY | IND | 499 | 0.6% |
| 7 | BALARAO SAWARKAR | 427 | 0.5% | |
| 8 | APPA BALKRISHNA RAO | IND | 230 | 0.3% |
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 (163rd), a typical margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe27.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.8% · min 1.1% · max 44.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
163rd of 288How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.10
fewer partiesmore parties
46th of 288How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
208th of 288Where does the house stand?
SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 46.2%SHS 19.2%INC(I) 14.9%CPI 13.1%INC 5.2%OTH 1.4%
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?
1 locationSEATWIKIDATA · 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.