Constituency
233. Shukrawar Peth
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1972
MH-SHUKRAWAR-PETH
BJS 50.1%won by 1.9%INC 48.2%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya 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.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
83,341
Margin
1,597
1.92%
Candidates
4 contested · winner BJS- 1RAMCHANDRA A. MHALGIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS41,79250.1%
- 2VASANT THORATIndian National Congress · INC40,19548.2%
- 3BABYRAO RAJPUTShiv Sena · SHS7480.9%
- 4SHREEKANTH NARGOLKARIndependent · IND6060.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- BJS
- BJS–INC swing
- −29.5%
- BJS share
- 57.4% → 50.1%
- INC share
- 26.0% → 48.2%
- Turnout
- — → —