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40. Bandra

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1972

MH-BANDRA

INC 53.2%won by 25.3%SOP 27.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.0% to 25.3%.

  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 27.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.1% of the vote between them, up from 68.0% — 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
83,540
Margin
21,118
25.28%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JORGE D. SOUZAIndian National Congress · INC44,43453.2%
  2. 2SADANAND SHANKAR VARDESOP · SOP23,31627.9%
  3. 3MADHUKAR R. SARPOIDARShiv Sena · SHS9,19611.0%
  4. 4DANJIBHAI RAGHAVJI TANKBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,4994.2%
  5. 5SADANAND DEVARAM POWARRPI · RPI2,0152.4%
  6. 6MOHAMED GEORGEIndependent · IND1,0801.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SOP swing
−14.7%
INC share
40.0% → 53.2%
SOP share
0.0% → 27.9%
Turnout
— → —
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