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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 24 · 1980

Malbar Hill

Winner — 1980

DESAI BALVANTRAY AMBELAL
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 43.3%BJP 41.3%3 others 15.4%
Votes
19,464
43.3% share
Winning margin
890
2.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
32.1%
of 1,40,035

Malbar Hill was decided by a razor-thin margin of 2.0% — fewer than 890 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DESAI BALVANTRAY AMBELAL
INC(I)
Congress (I)
19,46443.3%
2
PARIKHA NARENDRA NATWARLAL
BJP
18,57441.3%
3
RAJDA HANSABEN RATANSINH
JNP(JP)
5,84713.0%
4
VISHWANATH (BABI) MAHADEO SAWANT
IND
8511.9%
5
DAVALE MOTIRAM NAGOBA
2490.6%

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.

Average turnout (106th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.4% · min 2.0% · max 41.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
106th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.77
fewer partiesmore parties
19th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
240th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 43.3%BJP 41.3%JNP(JP) 13.0%OTH 2.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,86,258
Density
268 / km²
Sex ratio
934 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,661 km²
SC population18.2%
ST population4.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
71%HINDU
Hindu 71.3%Buddhist 14.1%Muslim 13.7%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water54.2%
Electricity76.5%
Sanitation35.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.9%
Children fully vaccinated85.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.0%
Children underweight (under 5)47.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.8%
Women literate79.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.1%
Clean cooking fuel69.2%
Health insurance37.9%

What's nearby?

10 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Lakhuji Jadhavrao's Samadhi

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Lakhuji Jadhavrao's Samadhi

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Mosque, Fathekheda (Sakharkheda)

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Mosque

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Moti Samadhi

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Moti Samadhi

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Tank

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Tank

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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