Constituency
29. Walkeshwar
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1967
MH-WALKESHWAR
INC 46.2%won by 15.7%SWA 30.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.8% to 15.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.7% of the vote between them, up from 70.2% — 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
55,179
Margin
8,658
15.69%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1H. J. TALEYARKHANIndian National Congress · INC25,49146.2%
- 2N. M. CHUDASAMASwatantra Party · SWA16,83330.5%
- 3R.V. DESHPANDECommunist Party of India · CPI10,12618.4%
- 4N. B. SHINTREPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,2954.2%
- 5D. M. NAGARKATTIIndependent · IND4340.8%
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–SWA swing
- −13.1%
- INC share
- 49.5% → 46.2%
- SWA share
- 20.7% → 30.5%
- Turnout
- — → —