Constituency
98. Mehkar
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1972
MH-MEHKAR
INC 49.2%won by 5.7%IND 43.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.8% to 5.7%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from RPI (RPI) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.8% of the vote between them, up from 74.7% — 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
60,974
Margin
3,474
5.70%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SITARAM CHINKAJI LODHEIndian National Congress · INC30,02249.2%
- 2TALE YADAORAO VITHOBAIndependent · IND26,54843.5%
- 3KISAN GOVINDA KAKDERPI · RPI3,2885.4%
- 4JANUJI GYANUJI GHUMREIndependent · IND1,1161.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −31.9%
- INC share
- 41.8% → 49.2%
- IND share
- 4.2% → 43.5%
- Turnout
- — → —