Back to Maharashtra 1978 map
Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 37 · 1978
Kherwadi
Winner — 1978
RAMDAS NAYAK
JNP· Janata
JNP 51.0%INC 24.7%6 others 24.3%
Votes
36,851
51.0% share
Winning margin
19,017
26.3% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
65.5%
of 1,10,405
Kherwadi is a safe seat — RAMDAS NAYAK won by 26.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAMDAS NAYAK | Janata | 36,851 | 51.0% |
| 2 | AHMED B.ZAKARIA | INC | 17,834 | 24.7% |
| 3 | R.G. RUKE | 8,200 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | MADHUKAR RAGHUNATH SARPOTDAR | 6,228 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | SITARAM RAMCHANDRA JAGTAP | Left | 1,762 | 2.4% |
| 6 | SHIVRAO SHANTARAM WAGLE | IND | 1,170 | 1.6% |
| 7 | VITHALRAO RAMCHANDRA SATHE | IND | 159 | 0.2% |
| 8 | SONA WANE MARUTI KERU | IND | 67 | 0.1% |
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.
Low turnout (231st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
LOADING SEAT HISTORY…
How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean26.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 0.8% · max 31.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
231st of 288How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.24
fewer partiesmore parties
176th of 288How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
239th of 288Where does the house stand?
SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 51.0%INC 24.7%RPI 11.3%SHS 8.6%OTH 4.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mandarin Orange🏺Textile
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.