Melghat
Winner — 2009
Melghat was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.5% — fewer than 710 votes separated winner from runner-up.
1 of 10 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.08 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KALE KEWALRAM TULSHIRAM | Congress-NCP Alliance (Democratic Front, Maharashtra) (UPA) | 63,619 | 43.5% |
| 2 | PATEL RAJKUMAR DAYARAM | NDA | 62,909 | 43.0% |
| 3 | DR. RAVIKUMAR RAMKISAN PATEL | IND | 5,886 | 4.0% |
| 4 | MAWASKAR HIRALAL SAKHARAM | JSS | 5,346 | 3.7% |
| 5 | BETHEKAR MUNNA BALAJI | BSP | 2,614 | 1.8% |
| 6 | MORE PUNAJI SUBHAJI | IND | 1,919 | 1.3% |
| 7 | MAWASKAR PATLYA LANGDA | IND | 1,512 | 1.0% |
| 8 | DHANDE CHUNNILAL RINGA | IND | 1,187 | 0.8% |
| 9 | KASDEKAR PRABHAKAR BABULAL | 676 | 0.5% | |
| 10 | TULSIRAM ALIAS MAHADEO BENIRAM DHURVE | IND | 563 | 0.4% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Average turnout (70th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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declare criminal cases
median assets ₹0.08 Cr
A moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.
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2 locations
Gawilgarh Fort (the walls and the whole area contained by them)
Gawilgarh Fort (the walls and the whole area contained by them)

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