Constituency
8. Ratnagiri
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1967
MH-RATNAGIRI
INC 55.1%won by 21.1%BJS 34.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.1% to 21.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 34.0% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.2% of the vote between them, up from 74.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
40,090
Margin
8,462
21.11%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1S. L. PEJEIndian National Congress · INC22,10855.1%
- 2V. K. NIVENDKARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS13,64634.0%
- 3G. B. KAMBLERPI · RPI4,33610.8%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −31.5%
- INC share
- 52.6% → 55.1%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 34.0%
- Turnout
- — → —