Election
Constituency

232. Bhawani Peth

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1972

MH-BHAWANI-PETH

INC 56.6%won by 33.6%SOP 23.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.2% to 33.6%.

  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 23.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.7% between them, down from 86.6% — the field split more ways.

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
61,245
Margin
20,552
33.56%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MEMJADE TIKAMDAS DADURAMIndian National Congress · INC34,67756.6%
  2. 2KESHAVKANTJI JANJOTSOP · SOP14,12523.1%
  3. 3RAGHUNATH R. HOLKARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,44412.2%
  4. 4KAMBLE BAJIRAO DASHRATHRPI · RPI3,9146.4%
  5. 5R. C. KUMBLERPK · RPK5610.9%
  6. 6TUKARAM SITARAM LONAREIndependent · IND5240.9%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SOP swing
−19.4%
INC share
52.9% → 56.6%
SOP share
0.0% → 23.1%
Turnout
— → —
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