Constituency
179. Gangapur
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1972
MH-GANGAPUR
INC 68.4%won by 48.2%CPI 20.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 32.3% to 48.2%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.6% between them, down from 97.7% — the field split more ways.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
42,131
Margin
20,287
48.15%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1BALASAHEB RAMRAO PAWARIndian National Congress · INC28,81268.4%
- 2VISHWANATH BANDU BHOSALECommunist Party of India · CPI8,52520.2%
- 3KHAJEKAR SAKHARAM GENJIRPK · RPK2,4405.8%
- 4BHIMRAO HARIBHAU GAIK JADRPI · RPI2,3545.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- +15.9%
- INC share
- 65.0% → 68.4%
- CPI share
- 32.7% → 20.2%
- Turnout
- — → —