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48. Mulund

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1972

MH-MULUND

INC 57.3%won by 42.8%SHS 14.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.1% to 42.8%.

  • New challengerShiv Sena (SHS) finished second with 14.5% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 71.8% of the vote between them, up from 64.6% — 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
1,27,801
Margin
54,664
42.77%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DATTATRAY NARAYAN SAMANTIndian National Congress · INC73,20657.3%
  2. 2RAMCHANDRA VISHNU PADWALShiv Sena · SHS18,54214.5%
  3. 3DHARKAR VINAYAK GANESHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS17,63413.8%
  4. 4VADILAL CHATARBHUJ GANDHIIndependent · IND5,8404.6%
  5. 5S. BALAKRISHNANRPK · RPK4,9813.9%
  6. 6SANZGIRI P. PANDURANGCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,8883.8%
  7. 7BANDE LAXMAN DAGDUIndependent · IND1,6561.3%
  8. 8WAGHJI RAIJI SHAHNCO · NCO4510.4%
  9. 9B. D. NIRBHANEIndependent · IND4020.3%
  10. 10MOHIUDDIN MOHAMED GAUSIndependent · IND2010.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SHS swing
+3.4%
INC share
39.3% → 57.3%
SHS share
0.0% → 14.5%
Turnout
— → —
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