Press Release: Maharashtra Elections 2019 : Analysis of Vote Share and Margin of Victory of MLAs

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ADR and Maharashtra Election Watch (MEW) have analysed the vote share for the 288 constituencies in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections, 2019.

For the report in English and Marathi, please go to: https://adrindia.org/content/maharashtra-assembly-elections-2019-analysis-vote-share-and-margin-victory-mlas

Summary and Highlights

Vote Share of MLAs

· The MLAs of the Maharashtra Assembly Elections, 2019 won by an average of 49 % of total votes polled. In 2014 elections MLAs won by an average of 41.2% % of total votes polled.

· 128(44%) MLAs won with 50% and above of the total votes polled in their constituency.

· 160(56%) MLAs won with less than 50% of the total votes polled in their constituency.

· 70(40%) out of 176 MLAs analysed with declared criminal cases have won with a vote share of 50% and above.

· 116(44%) out of 264 crorepati MLAs analysed have won with a vote share of 50% and above.

Margin of Victory

· 5 MLAs have won with a margin of victory of less than 1000 votes.

· 9 MLAs have won with more than 50% of margin of victory.

MLAs with Declared Criminal Cases and their Margin of Victory:

1. 58 out of 176 MLAs with declared criminal cases have won against a runner up with a clean background.

2. Among these 58 MLAs, 12 MLAs have won with more than 20% margin of victory.

3. Among these, Awhad Jitendra Satish (NCP) from Mumbra- Kalwa constituency won with 42.24 % margin of victory.

4. There are 50 MLAs with a clean background who have won against a runner up with declared criminal cases. Out of these 50 MLAs,4 have won with more than 40 % margin of victory.

Crorepati MLAs and their Margin of Victory:

19 out of 264 crorepati MLAs have won against a non-crorepati runner up.
Among these 19 MLAs, 4 MLAs have won with more than 40 % margin of victory.
Among these, Eknath Sambhaji Shinde(SHS) from Kopri pachpakhadi constituency won with 51.42% margin of victory.
There are 16 non-crorepati MLAs who have won against crorepati runners up. 4 of them have won with more than 20% margin of victory.

Performance of Women MLAs

· Among the 288 MLAs,24 women have been analysed.

· All of them won with more than 30% of vote share in their constituencies.

Among the women MLAs, Manisha Ashok Chaudhary (BJP) from Dahisar Constituency has won with the highest vote share, i.e. 64.87 % in her constituency and 47.33% of margin of victory

Performance of Re-elected MLAs

· Out of total 118 re-elected MLAs 60 have won with more than 50% of the vote share.

· 40 re-elected MLAs have won with less than 10% of margin of victory whereas 23 have won with more than 30% of margin of victory.

NOTA

The NOTA button instated by the ECI in 2013 gave the voters an option of rejecting all the candidates in their constituency. Out of 5,51,49,929 votes polled in Maharashtra Assembly, 2019, 7,42,134 (1.35%) were polled for NOTA. Out of 5,29,01,236 votes polled in Maharashtra Assembly, 2014, 4,83,459 (0.91%) were polled for NOTA.

Contact Details

Maharashtra Election Watch

Mr. Ajit Ranade

Founder member,

National Election Watch,

Association for Democratic Reforms,

+91-97022 15312

ajit....@gmail.com

Mr. Sharad Kumar

State Coordinator

Maharashtra Election Watch

+91 98694 03721