Constituency
60. Igatpuri
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1972
MH-IGATPURI
INC 55.3%won by 29.3%BKD 26.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.7% to 29.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBhartiya Krishak Dal (BKD) finished second with 26.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.4% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
41,681
Margin
12,201
29.27%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1GHARE VITHAL GANPATIndian National Congress · INC23,06055.3%
- 2WAGH BHAU SAKRUBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD10,85926.1%
- 3AGIWALESHWARAVAN SOMAIndependent · IND4,31210.3%
- 4SAKHARAM NANA JADHAVPWP · PWP2,1515.2%
- 5UTTAM THAMAJI BHARMALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,2993.1%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BKD swing
- −36.1%
- INC share
- 65.4% → 55.3%
- BKD share
- 0.0% → 26.1%
- Turnout
- — → —