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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 23 · 1985

Opera House

Winner — 1985

CHANDRASHEKHAR PRABHU
INC· INC
INC 46.0%IND 27.8%5 others 26.2%
Votes
22,934
46.0% share
Winning margin
9,084
18.2% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
48.3%
of 1,03,368

Opera House is a safe seat — CHANDRASHEKHAR PRABHU won by 18.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHANDRASHEKHAR PRABHU
INC
22,93446.0%
2
GAJANAN DAMODAR VARTAK
IND
13,85027.8%
3
KIRIT SOMAIYA
BJP
11,91023.9%
4
SHANTARAM S. BRID
IND
8691.7%
5
KALE HEMANT SHANKAR
IND
1350.3%
6
AVHAD SHIVAJI RAMACHANDRA
IND
1090.2%
7
BALIRAM D YADAV
IND
660.1%

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 (77th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
18.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.6% · min 1.4% · max 37.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
77th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
203rd of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.1%
lowerhigher
286th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.0%IND 27.8%BJP 23.9%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?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cotton Related products🏺Mineral based products🏺Seeds for planting
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Temple of Vishnu, remains of an old building to the east of that temple and remains of small temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Temple of Vishnu, remains of an old building to the east of that temple and remains of small temple

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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