Constituency
182. Paithan
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1972
MH-PAITHAN
INC 78.5%won by 68.5%RPI 10.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 39.2% to 68.5%.
- New challengerRPI (RPI) finished second with 10.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 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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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
52,139
Margin
35,715
68.50%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1KALYANRAO PATILIndian National Congress · INC40,95378.5%
- 2UTTAM SONAJIRPI · RPI5,23810.0%
- 3EKNATH BHAGWANT RAONCO · NCO3,8987.5%
- 4SHARAD PANDITRAO GAVANEPWP · PWP2,0503.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–RPI swing
- +3.0%
- INC share
- 65.5% → 78.5%
- RPI share
- 0.0% → 10.0%
- Turnout
- — → —