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51. Ulhasnagar

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1972

MH-ULHASNAGAR

INC 42.7%won by 9.5%BJS 33.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.4% to 9.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.8% of the vote between them, up from 70.6% — 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
62,681
Margin
5,932
9.46%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SANMUKH CHUHARMAL ISRANIIndian National Congress · INC26,73542.7%
  2. 2PRALHAD HIRANAND ADVANIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS20,80333.2%
  3. 3PARCHAMAL KEVALRAM ALLANIFBL · FBL7,71312.3%
  4. 4P. C. BALKRISHNANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,9246.3%
  5. 5VITHAL BUDHAJI SASANERPI · RPI2,3243.7%
  6. 6RANSI WEIJIRPK · RPK5250.8%
  7. 7MOTILAL TEKCHAND CHAWALAIndependent · IND3480.6%
  8. 8GOVINDRAM LOKUMAL BHATIAIndependent · IND3090.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
−18.0%
INC share
48.5% → 42.7%
BJS share
21.0% → 33.2%
Turnout
— → —
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