Constituency
257. Miraj
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1967
MH-MIRAJ
INC 52.1%won by 5.7%IND 46.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 63.5% to 5.7%.
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 22.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.6% of the vote between them, up from 86.1% — 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
57,246
Margin
3,267
5.71%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1G. D. PATILIndian National Congress · INC29,85352.1%
- 2N. R. PATHAKIndependent · IND26,58646.4%
- 3H. N. BARAALEBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3580.6%
- 4S. S. POLPraja Socialist Party · PSP3050.5%
- 5G. C. PATTENNAWARIndependent · IND1440.3%
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–IND swing
- −65.3%
- INC share
- 74.8% → 52.1%
- IND share
- 3.7% → 46.4%
- Turnout
- — → —