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Constituency

159. Nanded

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1972

MH-NANDED

INC 44.7%won by 25.7%IND 19.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
56,032
Margin
14,398
25.70%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−22.9%
INC share
52.4% 44.7%
IND share
3.8% 19.0%
Turnout