Constituency
247. Wai
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1972
MH-WAI
INC 86.7%won by 80.9%BJS 5.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 54.5% to 80.9%.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 5.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
48,573
Margin
39,285
80.88%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1BHOSALE PRATAPRAO BABURAOIndian National Congress · INC42,12586.7%
- 2PORE ARVIND BALKRISHNABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,8405.8%
- 3VITHALRAO S. BABARPWP · PWP2,5245.2%
- 4RASAL DINKAR SHRIPATIIndependent · IND1,0842.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- +9.3%
- INC share
- 71.6% → 86.7%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 5.8%
- Turnout
- — → —