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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 40 · 1980
Santacruz
Winner — 1980
COMMACHEN C. D.
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 50.3%BJP 25.5%6 others 24.2%
Votes
24,928
50.3% share
Winning margin
12,269
24.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
34.6%
of 1,43,301
Santacruz is a safe seat — COMMACHEN C. D. won by 24.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COMMACHEN C. D. |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 24,928 | 50.3% |
| 2 | PANDEY SURYAPRASAD JAGDEV | BJP | 12,659 | 25.5% |
| 3 | NATWARLAL MANEKLAL GHODY | JNP(JP) | 8,905 | 18.0% |
| 4 | SHOBHNATH SINGH | JNP(SC) | 2,000 | 4.0% |
| 5 | KHAN YASSEN RAHIMKHAN PATEL | IND | 571 | 1.1% |
| 6 | NARVEKAR SHRIDHAR SAKHARAM | IND | 269 | 0.5% |
| 7 | DHARIA LALMAN ZINKU | IND | 160 | 0.3% |
| 8 | SHANKAR KRISHNAJI SHINDE | IND | 88 | 0.2% |
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 (161st), a typical margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe24.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.1% · min 5.1% · max 40.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
161st of 288How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.26
fewer partiesmore parties
36th of 288How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
187th of 288Where does the house stand?
SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.26EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 50.3%BJP 25.5%JNP(JP) 18.0%OTH 6.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,88,445
Density
237 / km²
Sex ratio
951 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
12,210 km²
SC population17.5%
ST population14.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
71%HINDU
Hindu 71.2%Muslim 14.6%Buddhist 13.3%Other 1.0%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water77.8%
Electricity80.4%
Sanitation53.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.3%
Children fully vaccinated92.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.0%
Children underweight (under 5)38.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.4%
Women literate87.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.8%
Clean cooking fuel71.7%
Health insurance31.9%
What's nearby?
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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.