Constituency
54. Bassein
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1972
MH-BASSEIN
INC 58.6%won by 17.3%SOP 41.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.4% to 17.3%.
- New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 41.4% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 86.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
69,206
Margin
11,972
17.30%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1BHAUSAHEB VARTAKIndian National Congress · INC40,58958.6%
- 2PANDHARI NATH R. CHOUDHARISOP · SOP28,61741.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SOP swing
- −32.8%
- INC share
- 50.1% → 58.6%
- SOP share
- 0.0% → 41.4%
- Turnout
- — → —