Constituency
85. Chopda
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1972
MH-CHOPDA
INC 79.4%won by 67.4%BJS 12.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 67.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 42.6% to 79.4% of the vote here (+36.8%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 12.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.4% of the vote between them, up from 86.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
53,051
Margin
35,743
67.37%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SHARADCHANDRIKABAIIndian National Congress · INC42,12579.4%
- 2BHIMRAO SAHEBRAO PATILBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6,38212.0%
- 3BHAGAWATPAHUJI THAKAREPWP · PWP2,9875.6%
- 4VAJIRSHAMU MAHARRPK · RPK1,5572.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +24.8%
- INC share
- 42.6% → 79.4%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 12.0%
- Turnout
- — → —