Constituency
160. Bhokar
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1972
MH-BHOKAR
INC 72.4%won by 51.6%RPI 20.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 36.7% to 51.6%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 93.2% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
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
63,253
Margin
32,632
51.59%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1CHAVAN SHANKARRO BHANRAOIndian National Congress · INC45,80372.4%
- 2ATNOD T.D.RPI · RPI13,17120.8%
- 3K.V. SAYAMNACommunist Party of India · CPI1,7142.7%
- 4BABURAO FAKIRAPPAIndependent · IND1,4712.3%
- 5BELURKAR B NATUPAOOBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,0941.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–RPI swing
- +14.9%
- INC share
- 68.3% → 72.4%
- RPI share
- 31.7% → 20.8%
- Turnout
- — → —