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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 217 · 1996 by-elections

Solapur City North

Winner — 1996 by-elections

Mengaji Narsing Madhavrao
BJP 53.7%INC 36.7%4 others 9.6%
Votes
35,126
53.7% share
Winning margin
11,144
17.0% of votes
Total candidates
6

Solapur City North is a safe seat — Mengaji Narsing Madhavrao won by 17.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Mengaji Narsing Madhavrao
35,12653.7%
2
Chakote Vishwanath Baburao
23,98236.7%
3
Kalshetti Siddhappa Shivbasappa
5,6018.6%
4
Sagari Moulasab Jamalsab
5330.8%
5
Prof. Pyati Basavraj Alias (Raju) Bhimashankar
IND
710.1%
6
Jogdankar Haridas Baburao
IND
670.1%

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.

High turnout (38th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
17.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.6% · min 0.2% · max 36.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
38th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.11
fewer partiesmore parties
226th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
134th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
9 seats · 5 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.11EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 53.7%INC 36.7%CPM 8.6%OTH 1.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
45,43,159
Density
266 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
17,048 km²
SC population12.6%
ST population8.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.4%Muslim 7.1%Other 2.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water50.3%
Electricity75.1%
Sanitation46.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.9%
Children fully vaccinated83.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.7%
Children underweight (under 5)41.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.3%
Women literate86.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.9%
Clean cooking fuel77.4%
Health insurance12.0%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cane Sugar🏺Dairy Products (Milk based products)

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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