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Constituency

8. Ratnagiri

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1972

MH-RATNAGIRI

INC 52.3%won by 20.9%BJS 31.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 21.1% to 20.9%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.7% between them, down from 89.2% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
42,656
Margin
8,930
20.93%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJS swing
−0.2%
INC share
55.1% 52.3%
BJS share
34.0% 31.4%
Turnout