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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 54 · 1978
Belapur
Winner — 1978
BHOIR GAUTAM POSHA
JNP· Janata
JNP 39.3%INC(I) 19.9%4 others 40.8%
Votes
28,018
39.3% share
Winning margin
13,804
19.4% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
60.0%
of 1,18,920
Belapur is a safe seat — BHOIR GAUTAM POSHA won by 19.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHOIR GAUTAM POSHA | Janata | 28,018 | 39.3% |
| 2 | BHAGAT BALAJI KATHOD |  INC(I)INC | 14,214 | 19.9% |
| 3 | GANESH RAMCHANDRA NAIK | 12,797 | 17.9% | |
| 4 | PATIL MORESHWAR NARAYAN | INC | 12,658 | 17.7% |
| 5 | NANA SUKA BHAGAT | IND | 2,258 | 3.2% |
| 6 | PATHARE DASHRATH WAMAN | IND | 1,406 | 2.0% |
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 (215th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe19.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.5% · min 0.3% · max 46.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
215th of 288How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.14
fewer partiesmore parties
213th of 288How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
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102nd of 288Where does the house stand?
SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 39.3%INC(I) 19.9%SHS 17.9%INC 17.7%OTH 5.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
46,53,570
Density
470 / km²
Sex ratio
951 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,892 km²
SC population18.6%
ST population9.4%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
75%HINDU
Hindu 75.0%Buddhist 14.4%Muslim 8.4%Other 2.2%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water76.4%
Electricity92.1%
Sanitation75.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated89.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.6%
Children underweight (under 5)33.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.6%
Women literate94.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.1%
Clean cooking fuel96.0%
Health insurance25.6%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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