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Constituency

237. Dhond

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1972

MH-DHOND

INC 51.4%won by 27.4%IND 24.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.0% to 27.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.4% of the vote between them, up from 56.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
41,752
Margin
11,437
27.39%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−8.6%
INC share
46.2% 51.4%
IND share
10.1% 24.0%
Turnout