Constituency
103. Akola
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1967
MH-AKOLA
INC 47.9%won by 15.2%BJS 32.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.2% to 15.2%.
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 32.7% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.5% of the vote between them, up from 67.0% — 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
50,381
Margin
7,647
15.18%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1J. S. GOENKAIndian National Congress · INC24,11347.9%
- 2M. U. LAHANEBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS16,46632.7%
- 3B. J. MUKHARJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM8,07216.0%
- 4P. R. MAHAJANIndependent · IND1,3822.7%
- 5D. G. GARGEIndependent · IND2440.5%
- 6D. B. SALAMPURIYAIndependent · IND1040.2%
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
- −29.4%
- INC share
- 44.6% → 47.9%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 32.7%
- Turnout
- — → —