Constituency
10. Chiplun
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1967
MH-CHIPLUN
INC 53.1%won by 28.5%BJS 24.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 37.8% to 28.5%.
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 24.7% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
42,415
Margin
12,069
28.45%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1P. K. SAWANTIndian National Congress · INC22,52853.1%
- 2R. G. GHAGBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS10,45924.7%
- 3S. B. MOHITEIndependent · IND5,47212.9%
- 4A. M. DALAWAIPraja Socialist Party · PSP3,9569.3%
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
- −27.1%
- INC share
- 55.6% → 53.1%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 24.7%
- Turnout
- — → —