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42. Andheri

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1972

MH-ANDHERI

INC 50.5%won by 32.0%SHS 18.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.7% to 32.0%.

  • New challengerShiv Sena (SHS) finished second with 18.4% — 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
94,527
Margin
30,283
32.04%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAMANATH MAHAVIR PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC47,71050.5%
  2. 2RAGINWAR RAJESWAR WAMANShiv Sena · SHS17,42718.4%
  3. 3BALKRISHNA S. DHOMECommunist Party of India · CPI12,68113.4%
  4. 4VASUDEV GULABRAM RAWALNCO · NCO11,35912.0%
  5. 5K. L. BHAGADABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,7935.1%
  6. 6ABBAS DAVD PATELIndependent · IND2790.3%
  7. 7NANDLAL L. PESWANEYIndependent · IND2780.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SHS swing
−5.3%
INC share
37.3% → 50.5%
SHS share
0.0% → 18.4%
Turnout
— → —
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