Constituency
240. Purandhar
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1967
MH-PURANDHAR
INC 55.6%won by 18.7%SSP 36.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.9% to 18.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 36.9% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.6% of the vote between them, up from 63.8% — 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
48,239
Margin
9,036
18.73%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1D. R. KHAIREIndian National Congress · INC26,84155.6%
- 2V. S. DESHMUKHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP17,80536.9%
- 3K. P. KADAMPraja Socialist Party · PSP3,5937.4%
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–SSP swing
- −21.1%
- INC share
- 39.9% → 55.6%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 36.9%
- Turnout
- — → —