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4. Malwan

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1972

MH-MALWAN

INC 60.6%won by 26.5%SOP 34.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.2% to 26.5%.

  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 34.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
38,561
Margin
10,220
26.50%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1VIJAY SINGH G. PRABHUGAOKARIndian National Congress · INC23,38660.6%
  2. 2SHYAM G. KOCHAREKARSOP · SOP13,16634.1%
  3. 3PANDURANG R. CHAVHANIndependent · IND1,0512.7%
  4. 4MALANAKAR VITHAL NARAYANBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9582.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SOP swing
−23.9%
INC share
50.4% → 60.6%
SOP share
0.0% → 34.1%
Turnout
— → —
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