Constituency
104. Balapur
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1972
MH-BALAPUR
INC 69.7%won by 51.1%IND 18.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 25.8% to 51.1%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from RPI (RPI) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.4% of the vote between them, up from 81.5% — 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
52,809
Margin
26,973
51.08%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1GOVINDRAO S. SARNAYAKIndian National Congress · INC36,83269.7%
- 2ANANDRAO S. BHUSKUTEIndependent · IND9,85918.7%
- 3VISHWANATH KWANKHADERPI · RPI6,11811.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- +13.4%
- INC share
- 53.7% → 69.7%
- IND share
- 16.0% → 18.7%
- Turnout
- — → —