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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 68 · 1980Reserved (SC)

Devlali

Winner — 1980

AHIRE BABULAL SOMA
INC(U) 52.2%INC(I) 34.0%10 others 13.8%
Votes
28,876
52.2% share
Winning margin
10,098
18.3% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
44.4%
of 1,24,621

Devlali is a safe seat — AHIRE BABULAL SOMA won by 18.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AHIRE BABULAL SOMA
28,87652.2%
2
MOHEKAR HIRAMAN CHATARU
INC(I)
Congress (I)
18,77834.0%
3
KHOBRAGADE KISAN RAYBHAN
IND
3,8567.0%
4
REPORTE BABURAO BHAGAJI
IND
1,4192.6%
5
DIVEKAR CHANDAN NANAJI
IND
9171.7%
6
KANADE BHAGWANT LAXMAN
3550.6%
7
OHOL SADASHIV GOPAL
2490.5%
8
GAIKWAD JAGANNATH PANDURANG
IND
2480.5%
9
RAJBHOJ SHANKARRAO BABAJI
IND
2370.4%
10
GANGURDE DEVIDAS NARAYAN
IND
1240.2%
11
DANI UTTAMRAO KRISHNARAO
IND
1210.2%
12
GANGURDE EKNATH SHIVRAM
IND
1160.2%

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.

High turnout (44th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
18.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.1% · min 0.6% · max 42.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
44th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
169th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
41st of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(U) 52.2%INC(I) 34.0%IND 7.0%OTH 6.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,72,942
Density
74 / km²
Sex ratio
982 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
14,412 km²
SC population11.3%
ST population38.7%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.4%Buddhist 7.7%Other 5.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.5%
Electricity59.2%
Sanitation27.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.3%
Children fully vaccinated97.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.7%
Children underweight (under 5)35.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.2%
Women literate79.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.1%
Clean cooking fuel60.5%
Health insurance33.3%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Forest products🏺Rice
Group of Temples, Markanda

Group of Temples, Markanda

🏛️MonumentASI

Group of Temples

🏛️

Group of twenty Cromlechs or Kistvaens

🏛️MonumentASI

Group of twenty Cromlechs or Kistvaens

🏛️

Rock Caves, Jharapapra

🏛️MonumentASI

Rock Caves

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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