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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 2 · 1980

Vengurla

Winner — 1980

S. N. DESAI
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 46.7%JNP(JP) 45.0%2 others 8.3%
Votes
16,528
46.7% share
Winning margin
612
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
36.5%
of 96,937

Vengurla was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 612 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
S. N. DESAI
INC(I)
Congress (I)
16,52846.7%
2
BALI KINALEKAR
JNP(JP)
15,91645.0%
3
MADHUKAR BALWANT SARNAIK
IND
2,1286.0%
4
VASANT GANGAVANE
IND
7952.3%

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 (136th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.5% · min 0.4% · max 45.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
136th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.98
fewer partiesmore parties
263rd of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
74th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.98EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 46.7%JNP(JP) 45.0%IND 6.0%OTH 2.3%

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?

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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