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Constituency

233. Shukrawar Peth

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1972

MH-SHUKRAWAR-PETH

BJS 50.1%won by 1.9%INC 48.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Jana Sangh held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.4% to 1.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.4% of the vote between them, up from 83.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
83,341
Margin
1,597
1.92%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
BJS
BJSINC swing
−29.5%
BJS share
57.4% 50.1%
INC share
26.0% 48.2%
Turnout