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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 156 · 1980

Saoli

Winner — 1980

TAJANE MAHADEO LAXMANRAO
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 30.7%INC(U) 19.3%4 others 49.9%
Votes
21,729
30.7% share
Winning margin
8,065
11.4% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
63.4%
of 1,11,547

A clear win with a 11.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
TAJANE MAHADEO LAXMANRAO
INC(I)
Congress (I)
21,72930.7%
2
MASHAKHETRI BABURAO PATIL
13,66419.3%
3
YENURKAR GULABRAO MADHAORAO
BJP
13,43219.0%
4
GEDAM YADAORAO TUKARAMJI
RPK
11,29016.0%
5
NANA NAGPURE
JNP(JP)
8,07211.4%
6
YADAORAO KEUJI WADHAI
IND
2,5283.6%

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 (239th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
11.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.9% · min 3.3% · max 41.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
239th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.75
fewer partiesmore parties
84th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
42nd of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.75EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 30.7%INC(U) 19.3%BJP 19.0%RPK 16.0%JNP(JP) 11.4%OTH 3.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
93,56,962
Density
20980 / km²
Sex ratio
860 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
446 km²
SC population6.2%
ST population1.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
68%HINDU
Hindu 67.7%Muslim 19.2%Buddhist 5.0%Other 8.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water96.5%
Electricity96.9%
Sanitation54.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.1%
Children fully vaccinatedNOT REPORTED
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.2%
Children underweight (under 5)24.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.0%
Women literate91.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.0%
Clean cooking fuel98.7%
Health insurance20.2%

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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