Constituency
163. Kandhar
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1967
MH-KANDHAR
PWP 52.9%won by 22.0%INC 30.9%
What changed here
DerivedPWP held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.1% to 22.0%.
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 4.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.8% between them, down from 91.4% — the field split more ways.
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
45,102
Margin
9,927
22.01%
Candidates
5 contested · winner PWP- 1K. S. DHONDAGEPWP · PWP23,87152.9%
- 2S. S. DESHMUKHIndian National Congress · INC13,94430.9%
- 3G. S. KAMLEIndependent · IND3,6658.1%
- 4M. P. CHAWAREIndependent · IND2,5755.7%
- 5V. R. VENKATRAOBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,0472.3%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PWP
- Winner now
- PWP
- PWP–INC swing
- −1.1%
- PWP share
- 57.2% → 52.9%
- INC share
- 34.1% → 30.9%
- Turnout
- — → —