Constituency
179. Gangapur
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1967
MH-GANGAPUR
INC 65.0%won by 32.3%CPI 32.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 29.3% to 32.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.7% of the vote between them, up from 91.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
42,820
Margin
13,810
32.25%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1B. R. PAWARIndian National Congress · INC27,82965.0%
- 2C. DIGAMBERDASCommunist Party of India · CPI14,01932.7%
- 3B. BHIKAIndependent · IND9722.3%
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–CPI swing
- +3.0%
- INC share
- 60.2% → 65.0%
- CPI share
- 30.9% → 32.7%
- Turnout
- — → —