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31. Lovegrove

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1972

MH-LOVEGROVE

INC 66.6%won by 50.9%SHS 15.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.3% to 50.9%.

  • New challengerShiv Sena (SHS) finished second with 15.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
69,623
Margin
35,412
50.86%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAMCHANDER A. KHAIREIndian National Congress · INC46,40266.6%
  2. 2NARENDRA DEVDAS JADHAVShiv Sena · SHS10,99015.8%
  3. 3HARI PUNJAJI JADHAVCommunist Party of India · CPI5,2667.6%
  4. 4RAGHUNATH N. CHAVANNCO · NCO2,9474.2%
  5. 5RAM AURANGABADKARRPK · RPK2,7744.0%
  6. 6S. RAMACHANDRA MORECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,2441.8%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SHS swing
+9.9%
INC share
40.9% → 66.6%
SHS share
0.0% → 15.8%
Turnout
— → —
30. Byculla32. Worli
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