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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 146 · 1980

Gondiya

Winner — 1980

BAJPAYEE RAJKUMARI W/O GOPALNARAYAN
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 42.2%CPI 23.0%6 others 34.8%
Votes
24,828
42.2% share
Winning margin
11,268
19.1% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
50.3%
of 1,16,994

Gondiya is a safe seat — BAJPAYEE RAJKUMARI W/O GOPALNARAYAN won by 19.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BAJPAYEE RAJKUMARI W/O GOPALNARAYAN
INC(I)
Congress (I)
24,82842.2%
2
RAMTEKE BHOJRAJ SAKHARAM
Left
13,56023.0%
3
SHARMA TRILOKINATH SHIVDATTARAM
BJP
12,77721.7%
4
NAGBHIRE BHUVANSING JITSING
6,30210.7%
5
BHAGAT MOUJILAL DHADUJI
IND
7191.2%
6
CHAWHAN HIRAMAN JOSHI
RPK
2820.5%
7
NATHU SOME MANDPE
IND
2300.4%
8
RAHANGDALE PURANLAL DHARMABHAU
JNP(JP)
1790.3%

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.

Low turnout (275th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
19.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.6% · min 2.0% · max 43.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
53%
lowerhigher
275th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.04
fewer partiesmore parties
253rd of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
19th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.04EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 42.2%CPI 23.0%BJP 21.7%INC(U) 10.7%OTH 2.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,10,60,148
Density
1157 / km²
Sex ratio
886 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,558 km²
SC population6.6%
ST population13.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
79%HINDU
Hindu 78.8%Muslim 12.3%Other 8.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water80.8%
Electricity91.8%
Sanitation67.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.6%
Children fully vaccinated74.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.8%
Women literate90.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.4%
Clean cooking fuel90.4%
Health insurance22.7%

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.

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