Constituency
185. Bhir
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1972
MH-BHIR
INC 44.7%won by 18.9%IND 25.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.9% to 18.9%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 70.4% of the vote between them, up from 52.1% — a tighter two-way 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
42,598
Margin
8,052
18.90%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1DESHMUKH S. SYED ALIIndian National Congress · INC19,02944.7%
- 2DHEPE M. RUDRAPPAIndependent · IND10,97725.8%
- 3ATHER BABAR AHMED HUSAINCommunist Party of India · CPI9,67422.7%
- 4DHANDE SADASHIV PATILBUWAIndependent · IND1,9674.6%
- 5SABLE RAJARAM GENAJIRPI · RPI9512.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- +16.6%
- INC share
- 27.0% → 44.7%
- IND share
- 24.7% → 25.8%
- Turnout
- — → —