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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 279 · 1985Reserved (SC)

Vadgaon

Winner — 1985

AWALE JAYWANT GANGARAM
INC· INC
INC 60.0%ICS 27.3%8 others 12.6%
Votes
39,697
60.0% share
Winning margin
21,643
32.7% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
51.4%
of 1,28,687

Vadgaon is a safe seat — AWALE JAYWANT GANGARAM won by 32.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AWALE JAYWANT GANGARAM
INC
39,69760.0%
2
MANE NANASAHEB SHANTARAM
ICS
18,05427.3%
3
SOLANKAR MANGLA PRABHAKAR
IND
5,2267.9%
4
KAMBLE ATMARAM ANANDA
IND
1,4692.2%
5
THIKPURLE BANDOPANT DHONDIRAM
7231.1%
6
JAMADAR JALANDAR DINKAR
IND
3280.5%
7
GHATAGE SHIVAJIRAO
IND
2710.4%
8
SAKATE RAMCHANDRA GUNAJI
IND
1420.2%
9
DONE D.S.
IND
1050.2%
10
PRABHU VASANT RUPANA
IND
950.1%

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 (129th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
32.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.2% · min 2.3% · max 53.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
129th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.08
fewer partiesmore parties
243rd of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
128th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 60.0%ICS 27.3%IND 7.9%OTH 4.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
38,76,001
Density
504 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,685 km²
SC population13.0%
ST population0.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.2%Muslim 7.4%Other 5.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water85.5%
Electricity93.7%
Sanitation74.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.2%
Children fully vaccinated67.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Children underweight (under 5)34.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.1%
Women literate90.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.0%
Clean cooking fuel84.7%
Health insurance16.5%

What's nearby?

13 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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.

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