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Constituency

247. Wai

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1972

MH-WAI

INC 86.7%won by 80.9%BJS 5.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
48,573
Margin
39,285
80.88%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJS swing
+9.3%
INC share
71.6% 86.7%
BJS share
0.0% 5.8%
Turnout