Constituency
101. Akot
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1967
MH-AKOT
INC 58.0%won by 21.0%BJS 37.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.7% to 21.0%.
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 37.0% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.0% of the vote between them, up from 69.8% — 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
58,337
Margin
12,222
20.95%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1G. B. KHEDKARIndian National Congress · INC33,82758.0%
- 2B. B. WANKHADEBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS21,60537.0%
- 3K. D. KULKARNIIndependent · IND1,6352.8%
- 4V. S. UMARKARIndependent · IND6771.2%
- 5M. K. SARDARIndependent · IND5931.0%
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
- −24.8%
- INC share
- 45.8% → 58.0%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 37.0%
- Turnout
- — → —