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32. Worli

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1972

MH-WORLI

INC 53.9%won by 35.3%SHS 18.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.7% to 35.3%.

  • New challengerShiv Sena (SHS) finished second with 18.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered5 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
70,487
Margin
24,874
35.29%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHARAD SHANKAR DIGHEIndian National Congress · INC38,00053.9%
  2. 2NALAWADE DATTAShiv Sena · SHS13,12618.6%
  3. 3MANI SHANKAR N. KAVTHECommunist Party of India · CPI6,7859.6%
  4. 4BAPU CHANDRA SEN KAMBLEIndependent · IND6,0808.6%
  5. 5P. K. KURNECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,1345.9%
  6. 6ANANDRAO RAVJI MANERPK · RPK1,8252.6%
  7. 7PRAKASH H. BHOGANCO · NCO3320.5%
  8. 8MADHUSUDAN VITHAL RANEIndependent · IND1260.2%
  9. 9DATTARAM DEO SAWANTIndependent · IND790.1%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SHS swing
−3.0%
INC share
38.3% → 53.9%
SHS share
0.0% → 18.6%
Turnout
— → —
31. Lovegrove33. Parel
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