Constituency
178. Vaijapur
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1972
MH-VAIJAPUR
INC 86.1%won by 72.2%IND 13.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.1% to 72.2%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 87.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- 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
38,808
Margin
28,000
72.15%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1SHAKUNTALABAI PATILIndian National Congress · INC33,40486.1%
- 2K S MISALIndependent · IND5,40413.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- +51.1%
- INC share
- 54.3% → 86.1%
- IND share
- 33.3% → 13.9%
- Turnout
- — → —