Constituency
126. Nagpur West
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1972
MH-NAGPUR-WEST
INC 39.7%won by 7.1%BJS 32.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.8% to 7.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
63,992
Margin
4,514
7.05%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1SUSHILABAI BALRAJIndian National Congress · INC25,41039.7%
- 2SUMATI B. SUKLIKARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS20,89632.7%
- 3MAHADEORAO N. BHORKARIndependent · IND13,97321.8%
- 4T. C. MUKHARJIRPK · RPK2,6294.1%
- 5INDUMATI PURUSHOTTAM KALEIndependent · IND3540.6%
- 6PANNALAL K. DESHRAJNCO · NCO2900.5%
- 7KEDARNATH BENILAL CHATEIndependent · IND1840.3%
- 8DAYARAM PARTUMAL LALWANIIndependent · IND1380.2%
- 9TEKAM R. PANDURANGIndependent · IND1180.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −8.8%
- INC share
- 45.7% → 39.7%
- BJS share
- 29.9% → 32.7%
- Turnout
- — → —