Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 56 · 1995

Ambernath

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Winner — 1995

SABIR SHAIKH

SHS

SHS 52.8%INC 28.7%20 others 18.5%

Votes

1,19,283

52.8% share

Winning margin

54,486

24.1% of votes

Total candidates

Turnout

53.4%

of 4,23,514

Ambernath is a safe seat — SABIR SHAIKH won by 24.1%.

Seat history

⚖ Compare 1990 vs 1995

All Candidates

22 total

#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Flags
1	SABIR SHAIKH	SHS	1,19,283	52.8%	Inc
2	PATIL NUKUL PUNDALIK	INC INC	64,797	28.7%
3	GAIKWAD SHYAM ANANDA	JD Janata Dal	20,505	9.1%	DL
4	TARE VISHNU GOPAL	IND	9,645	4.3%	DL
5	BRAHMANE KAILAS PUNDALIK	IND	2,908	1.3%	DL
6	KUMUD RAMDAS BENDALE	IND	1,324	0.6%	DL
7	PANDAGALE ASHOK HARIBHAU	BSP	1,117	0.5%	DL
8	KOLANCHI KALIYAN	IND	1,019	0.5%	DL
9	DINKAR RANGANATH PALKE	IND	797	0.3%	DL
10	ENGINEER UMAR DADAMIYA	IND	649	0.3%	DL
11	YADAV RAMDULAR LALSA	DDP	576	0.3%	DL
12	GANGARAM PATANGE KISANRAO	IND	520	0.2%	DL
13	KIRAN BHIKAJI PIMPALKAR	IND	436	0.2%	DL
14	VANDARA BHIMRAO GOTE	NVPP	404	0.2%	DL
15	LAXMI PARTE RAJARAM	IND	364	0.2%	DL
16	NAGESH BANSI GADE	IND	357	0.2%	DL
17	WAGHELA VELJI DASAR	IND	328	0.1%	DL
18	SAMBHAJI KRISHNA KADAM @ CAPTAIN SAMBHAJIRAO	IND	263	0.1%	DL
19	LANGARE RAVINDRA JAGANNATH	IND	191	0.1%	DL
20	VEJURANI THAKURDAS JHAMANDAS	IND	182	0.1%	DL
21	ASHOK VISHNU MANKAR	IND	162	0.1%	DL
22	SONAWANE SHANKAR LAXMAN	IND	141	0.1%	DL

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.

The Record The Place The State

Low turnout (247th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT

lean

24.1%

MORE COMPETITIVESAFER

mean 13.0% · min 1.2% · max 44.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT

57%

lowerhigher

247th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT

2.34

fewer partiesmore parties

145th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT

0.6%

lowerhigher

167th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT

288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT

2.34EFFECTIVE PARTIES

SHS 52.8%INC 28.7%JD 9.1%OTH 9.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT

— NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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?

4 locations

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Known forDISTRICT

🏺Engineering🏷️Nagpur OrangeGI

Kalyaneshwar Mandir, Telankhedi

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Panchashikhari Temple

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Sangameshwar Mahadeo Mandir

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Nagpur Central Museum

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