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Constituency

147. Chimur

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1972

MH-CHIMUR

INC 33.6%won by 0.4%IND 33.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.4% to 0.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 66.8% of the vote between them, up from 61.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
62,313
Margin
245
0.39%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−25.9%
INC share
40.6% 33.6%
IND share
14.3% 33.2%
Turnout