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Constituency

166. Basmath

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1972

MH-BASMATH

INC 49.7%won by 11.1%PWP 38.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.0% to 11.1%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to PWP (PWP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.3% of the vote between them, up from 69.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
36,820
Margin
4,097
11.13%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1S. IQBAL HUSSAINIndian National Congress · INC18,30849.7%
  2. 2V. KATNESHWARKARPWP · PWP14,21138.6%
  3. 3ENGNE JAIRAMIndian National Congress · INC3,4879.5%
  4. 4GAJABHAR JANARDHANRPK · RPK4541.2%
  5. 5PARKAR LAXMANIndependent · IND2910.8%
  6. 6VIBHUTE NAGSENIndependent · IND690.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–PWP swing
−20.0%
INC share
46.6% → 49.7%
PWP share
15.5% → 38.6%
Turnout
— → —
165. Parbhani167. Kalamnuri
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