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Melghat

Winner — 2019

Rajkumar Dayaram Patel
PHJSP· PHJSP
PHJSP 46.5%BJP 23.7%7 others 29.8%
Votes
84,569
46.5% share
Winning margin
41,362
22.7% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
65.6%
of 2,77,523

Melghat is a safe seat — Rajkumar Dayaram Patel won by 22.7%.

Seat history

2 of 8 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.05 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Rajkumar Dayaram Patel
PHJSP
PHJSP
84,56946.5%
2
Ramesh Mawaskar
NDA
43,20723.8%
3
Kewalram Tulshiram Kale
35,86319.7%
4
Darsimbe Mannalal Khubilal
IND
8,9084.9%
NOTA
NOTA
2,8351.6%
6
Gangaram Kunjilal Jambekar
IND
2,3451.3%
7
Dhande Laxman Shikari
1,6460.9%
8
Umesh Shankarrao Jambhe
PPID
1,5600.9%
9
Shailendra Vijay Gawande
IND
1,0080.6%

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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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
22.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.1% · min 0.5% · max 48.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
70th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
230th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
59th of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PHJSP 46.5%BJP 23.8%NCP 19.7%OTH 8.5%NOTA 1.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/8

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.05 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,88,445
Density
237 / km²
Sex ratio
951 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
12,210 km²
SC population17.5%
ST population14.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
71%HINDU
Hindu 71.2%Muslim 14.6%Buddhist 13.3%Other 1.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water77.8%
Electricity80.4%
Sanitation53.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.3%
Children fully vaccinated92.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.0%
Children underweight (under 5)38.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.4%
Women literate87.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.8%
Clean cooking fuel71.7%
Health insurance31.9%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mandarin Orange🏺Textile
Gawilgarh Fort (the walls and the whole area contained by them)

Gawilgarh Fort (the walls and the whole area contained by them)

🏛️MonumentASI

Gawilgarh Fort (the walls and the whole area contained by them)

Hauz Katora

Hauz Katora

🏛️MonumentASI

Hauz Katora

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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