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36. Dadar

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1972

MH-DADAR

INC 42.9%won by 23.5%SHS 19.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.5% to 23.5%.

  • New challengerShiv Sena (SHS) finished second with 19.4% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.4% between them, down from 70.4% — the field split more ways.

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
70,578
Margin
16,568
23.47%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MATKAR WAMAN SHANKARIndian National Congress · INC30,29242.9%
  2. 2SUDHIR GAJANAN JOSHIShiv Sena · SHS13,72419.4%
  3. 3JAYWANT MORESHWAR PATILCommunist Party of India · CPI12,56217.8%
  4. 4PRAMILA M. DANDAVATESOP · SOP6,2908.9%
  5. 5GAYAMWKAD SHARAD BAJIRAOBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,2104.5%
  6. 6MADHAV NARAYAN BIRJENCO · NCO2,8454.0%
  7. 7NIVRUTI ISHVARA GAYAKWADIndependent · IND1,6552.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SHS swing
−16.0%
INC share
39.5% → 42.9%
SHS share
0.0% → 19.4%
Turnout
— → —
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