Election
Constituency

41. Santacruz

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1972

MH-SANTACRUZ

INC 61.9%won by 44.2%SHS 17.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.1% to 44.2%.

  • New challengerShiv Sena (SHS) finished second with 17.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.6% of the vote between them, up from 69.0% — 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
77,704
Margin
34,319
44.17%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JAGESH DESAIIndian National Congress · INC48,10161.9%
  2. 2DANDEKAR SHANKAR LAXMANShiv Sena · SHS13,78217.7%
  3. 3S. R. PATKARNCO · NCO7,75410.0%
  4. 4SITARAM RAMCHANDRA JAGTAPCommunist Party of India · CPI6,9719.0%
  5. 5NAMDEO SHIVRAM BHOSALERPI · RPI1,0961.4%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SHS swing
+3.6%
INC share
40.6% → 61.9%
SHS share
0.0% → 17.7%
Turnout
— → —
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