Constituency
159. Nanded
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1972
MH-NANDED
INC 44.7%won by 25.7%IND 19.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.6% to 25.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.7% between them, down from 88.1% — the field split more ways.
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
56,032
Margin
14,398
25.70%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1SYED F PASHA SYED N PASHAIndian National Congress · INC25,04044.7%
- 2MORE EKNATH KISANRAOIndependent · IND10,64219.0%
- 3N A SHANKERRAOCommunist Party of India · CPI5,60310.0%
- 4M K DHONDIBARPK · RPK3,9667.1%
- 5M C GOVIND RAOBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,8156.8%
- 6AYYUBKHAN ILYAS KHANIndependent · IND3,5476.3%
- 7GODBOLE MOHANRAO DEORAORPI · RPI2,4994.5%
- 8JADHAV HIRAJI UMAJIIndependent · IND9201.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −22.9%
- INC share
- 52.4% → 44.7%
- IND share
- 3.8% → 19.0%
- Turnout
- — → —