Election
Constituency

134. Gondia

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1972

MH-GONDIA

INC 53.2%won by 30.7%CPI 22.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.8% to 30.7%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 22.5% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
55,082
Margin
16,892
30.67%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GOPALNARAYAN BAJPAIIndian National Congress · INC29,29053.2%
  2. 2BHOJRAJ SAKHARAM RAMTEKECommunist Party of India · CPI12,39822.5%
  3. 3MANOHAR WASUDEORAO BAPATBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,46813.6%
  4. 4JANARDHANJI PUNAJI GANVITRPI · RPI5,3249.7%
  5. 5ASHALATABAIIndependent · IND6021.1%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−16.1%
INC share
46.8% → 53.2%
CPI share
0.0% → 22.5%
Turnout
— → —
133. Tirora135. Goregaon
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