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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 47 · 1996 by-elections

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Winner — 1996 by-elections

Pramod Shirwalkar
BJP 38.7%RPI 28.9%11 others 32.4%
Votes
45,328
38.7% share
Winning margin
11,454
9.8% of votes
Total candidates
13

A clear win with a 9.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Pramod Shirwalkar
45,32838.7%
2
Arjun Dangle
33,87428.9%
3
Parvati Parihar
33,68328.7%
4
Jai Sankar Shetty
JP
9980.8%
5
S.M. Mukundan
IND
5910.5%
6
Randive Mama
IND
5700.5%
7
T. Dharma Lingam Tangraj Nadar
IND
5580.5%
8
Shivaji D. Thorat
IND
5040.4%
9
Hubnarayan H. Hubey
IND
3870.3%
10
Ashok Hiranand Kaknani
IND
2040.2%
11
Kishor Bhagwandas Mirgh
ABJS
1900.2%
12
Praveen Khanna
AIIC(T)
1610.1%
13
Anand Jasbirsingh
IND
1420.1%

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.

Average turnout (165th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
9.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.1% · min 0.6% · max 48.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
165th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.47
fewer partiesmore parties
118th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
112th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
9 seats · 5 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.47EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 38.7%RPI 28.9%INC 28.7%OTH 3.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,00,774
Density
206 / km²
Sex ratio
946 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,309 km²
SC population14.5%
ST population11.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.3%Buddhist 13.5%Other 5.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water63.4%
Electricity87.9%
Sanitation56.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.8%
Children fully vaccinated92.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.7%
Children underweight (under 5)31.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.0%
Women literate93.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.0%
Clean cooking fuel83.9%
Health insurance27.1%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cotton Yarn🏷️Waigaon TurmericGI
🏛️

Fort, Paunar

🏛️MonumentASI

Fort

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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