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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 234 · 2004

Shirdi

Winner — 2004

VIKHE PATIL RADHAKRISHNA EKNATH RAO
INC· Congress-NCP Alliance (Democratic Front, Maharashtra) (UPA)
INC 79.7%SHS 20.3%
Votes
95,204
79.7% share
Winning margin
70,967
59.4% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
69.0%
of 1,73,010

Shirdi is a safe seat — VIKHE PATIL RADHAKRISHNA EKNATH RAO won by 59.4%.

Seat history

1 of 2 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹1.57 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VIKHE PATIL RADHAKRISHNA EKNATH RAO
Congress-NCP Alliance (Democratic Front, Maharashtra) (UPA)
95,20479.7%
2
GADEKAR DHANJAY SHRAVAN
24,23720.3%

Average turnout (119th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
59.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.5% · min 0.8% · max 59.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
119th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.33
fewer partiesmore parties
152nd of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.2%
lowerhigher
280th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 79.7%SHS 20.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
1/2

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹1.57 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,54,196
Density
343 / km²
Sex ratio
928 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,157 km²
SC population19.6%
ST population2.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.8%Muslim 15.0%Other 3.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water58.4%
Electricity80.5%
Sanitation37.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.7%
Children fully vaccinated79.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.2%
Children underweight (under 5)33.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.7%
Women literate83.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.0%
Clean cooking fuel78.5%
Health insurance33.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Pulses🏺Soya bean and Soya bean 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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