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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 50 · 1985
Ghatkopar
Winner — 1985
VIRENDRA BAKSHI
INC· INC
INC 44.5%BJP 26.2%6 others 29.3%
Votes
34,692
44.5% share
Winning margin
14,238
18.3% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
47.3%
of 1,64,762
Ghatkopar is a safe seat — VIRENDRA BAKSHI won by 18.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VIRENDRA BAKSHI | INC | 34,692 | 44.5% |
| 2 | PRAKASH MEHTA | BJP | 20,454 | 26.2% |
| 3 | AHIRE KASHINATH SHIVRAM | IND | 11,582 | 14.9% |
| 4 | ANANT GANPAT MANE | IND | 7,852 | 10.1% |
| 5 | ADHAV MURLIDHAR SATWAJI | IND | 2,239 | 2.9% |
| 6 | KANTARAM SONAWANE | IND | 598 | 0.8% |
| 7 | BIPIN SANGAR | Lok Dal | 395 | 0.5% |
| 8 | TARACHAND GAUD | IND | 146 | 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 (210th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe18.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.9% · min 0.4% · max 39.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
210th of 288How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
167th of 288How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
124th of 288Where does the house stand?
SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.5%BJP 26.2%IND 14.9%IND 10.1%OTH 4.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
46,53,570
Density
470 / km²
Sex ratio
951 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,892 km²
SC population18.6%
ST population9.4%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
75%HINDU
Hindu 75.0%Buddhist 14.4%Muslim 8.4%Other 2.2%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water76.4%
Electricity92.1%
Sanitation75.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated89.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.6%
Children underweight (under 5)33.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.6%
Women literate94.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.1%
Clean cooking fuel96.0%
Health insurance25.6%
What's nearby?
2 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.