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Constituency

242. Phaltan

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1972

MH-PHALTAN

INC 72.9%won by 58.8%CPI 14.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.4% to 58.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
  • 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
50,517
Margin
29,683
58.76%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
+15.1%
INC share
47.2% 72.9%
CPI share
3.5% 14.1%
Turnout