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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 73 · 1999

Malegaon

Winner — 1999

SHAIKH RASHID SHAIKH SHAFI
INC· INC
INC 55.3%JD(S) 35.8%3 others 8.9%
Votes
74,433
55.3% share
Winning margin
26,179
19.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
58.5%
of 2,30,334

Malegaon is a safe seat — SHAIKH RASHID SHAIKH SHAFI won by 19.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHAIKH RASHID SHAIKH SHAFI
INC
74,43355.3%
2
NIHAL AHAMAD MAULAVI MOHAMAD USMAN
48,25435.8%
3
TAPADIYA GOVIND KANHAIYALAL
NDA
9,0826.7%
4
SHAKIL AHAMAD MOHAMMAD HASAN (JOBER)
ABHS
2,6652.0%
5
HAMEED KHAN KASAM KHAN
BMSM
2690.2%

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.

High turnout (5th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
19.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.2% · min 2.2% · max 65.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
5th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.18
fewer partiesmore parties
194th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
194th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.18EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 55.3%JD(S) 35.8%BJP 6.7%OTH 2.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,04,307
Density
193 / km²
Sex ratio
961 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
11,443 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population17.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 80.8%Buddhist 13.0%Other 6.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water40.6%
Electricity79.1%
Sanitation43.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.6%
Children fully vaccinated95.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.3%
Children underweight (under 5)46.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.5%
Women literate87.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.0%
Clean cooking fuel85.1%
Health insurance28.9%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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