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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 188 · 1985

Bhokardan

Winner — 1985

SANTOSHRAO VALUBA DESPUTE
INC· INC
INC 50.0%BJP 48.0%1 others 1.9%
Votes
39,446
50.0% share
Winning margin
1,568
2.0% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
57.7%
of 1,36,674

Bhokardan was decided by a razor-thin margin of 2.0% — fewer than 1,568 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SANTOSHRAO VALUBA DESPUTE
INC
39,44650.0%
2
RAOSAHEB DADARAO DANVE
BJP
37,87848.0%
3
RAMBHAU VITHOBA PHUSE
IND
1,5321.9%

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 (222nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
2.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.3% · min 1.9% · max 35.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
222nd of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.75
fewer partiesmore parties
85th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
72nd of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.75EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.0%BJP 48.0%OTH 1.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
26,34,200
Density
368 / km²
Sex ratio
960 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,152 km²
SC population5.1%
ST population11.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 85.0%Muslim 8.6%Other 6.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water73.9%
Electricity91.7%
Sanitation62.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.6%
Children fully vaccinated92.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.8%
Children underweight (under 5)34.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.2%
Women literate79.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.0%
Clean cooking fuel83.3%
Health insurance26.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Iron and Steel🏺Marine Produce

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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