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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 68 · 2009Reserved (ST)

Gadchiroli

Winner — 2009

DR. NAMDEO DALLUJI USENDI
INC· Congress-NCP Alliance (Democratic Front, Maharashtra) (UPA)
INC 43.6%BJP 42.9%6 others 13.5%
Votes
67,542
43.6% share
Winning margin
960
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
65.3%
of 2,37,610

Gadchiroli was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 960 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

2 of 8 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.16 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DR. NAMDEO DALLUJI USENDI
Congress-NCP Alliance (Democratic Front, Maharashtra) (UPA)
67,54243.6%
2
ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE
NDA
66,58242.9%
3
MANGALABAI SUDHAKAR BORKAR
BSP
12,4468.0%
4
BHAGWAN MADHUKAR GEDAM
IND
3,9902.6%
5
DIWAKAR GULAB PENDAM
IND
1,8211.2%
6
SIDAM CHANDRASHEKHAR VITTHAL
9980.6%
7
DR.KINAKE MORESHWAR RAMCHANDRA
PRCP
8490.6%
8
USENDI BHAICHAND LINGU
IND
8290.5%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

High turnout (44th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.1% · min 0.6% · max 42.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
44th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
169th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
41st of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 43.6%BJP 42.9%BSP 8.0%OTH 5.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/8

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.16 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,72,942
Density
74 / km²
Sex ratio
982 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
14,412 km²
SC population11.3%
ST population38.7%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.4%Buddhist 7.7%Other 5.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.5%
Electricity59.2%
Sanitation27.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.3%
Children fully vaccinated97.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.7%
Children underweight (under 5)35.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.2%
Women literate79.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.1%
Clean cooking fuel60.5%
Health insurance33.3%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Forest products🏺Rice
Group of Temples, Markanda

Group of Temples, Markanda

🏛️MonumentASI

Group of Temples

🏛️

Group of twenty Cromlechs or Kistvaens

🏛️MonumentASI

Group of twenty Cromlechs or Kistvaens

🏛️

Rock Caves, Jharapapra

🏛️MonumentASI

Rock Caves

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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