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28. Khetwadi

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1972

MH-KHETWADI

INC 59.7%won by 40.9%BJS 18.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.2% to 40.9%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.5% of the vote between them, up from 60.4% — a tighter two-way 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
48,706
Margin
19,904
40.87%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ANANT NAMJOSHIIndian National Congress · INC29,07559.7%
  2. 2LAKH NI JIVANLAL MULCHANDBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9,17118.8%
  3. 3GANGARAM LAXMAN REDDYCommunist Party of India · CPI4,3739.0%
  4. 4DWARKADAS VARJLAL VORANCO · NCO3,0626.3%
  5. 5BABA DINANATH KALGUTKARSOP · SOP2,5665.3%
  6. 6ABDUL RASULMIYA MALIKIndependent · IND4590.9%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
+15.0%
INC share
35.3% → 59.7%
BJS share
9.5% → 18.8%
Turnout
— → —
27. Nagpada29. Walkeshwar
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