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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 95 · 1996 by-elections

Jalgaon

Winner — 1996 by-elections

Jain Sureshkumar Bhikamchand
SHS 61.5%INC 38.5%
Votes
73,532
61.5% share
Winning margin
27,568
23.1% of votes
Total candidates
2

Jalgaon is a safe seat — Jain Sureshkumar Bhikamchand won by 23.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Jain Sureshkumar Bhikamchand
73,53261.5%
2
Ravindra Pralhadrao Patil
45,96438.5%

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 (40th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
23.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.5% · min 0.6% · max 77.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
40th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.10
fewer partiesmore parties
47th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
199th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
9 seats · 5 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SHS 61.5%INC 38.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,36,086
Density
295 / km²
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,214 km²
SC population13.5%
ST population2.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
72%HINDU
Hindu 72.3%Muslim 16.7%Buddhist 10.2%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water41.2%
Electricity75.7%
Sanitation28.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.6%
Children fully vaccinated52.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.6%
Children underweight (under 5)41.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.8%
Women literate73.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.0%
Clean cooking fuel54.8%
Health insurance10.5%

What's nearby?

7 locations
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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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