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Constituency

156. Umarkhed

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1972

MH-UMARKHED

INC 52.5%won by 15.6%IND 36.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 41.5% to 15.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.3% of the vote between them, up from 79.0% — 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
60,182
Margin
9,414
15.64%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−25.9%
INC share
60.3% 52.5%
IND share
18.8% 36.8%
Turnout