Constituency
266. Kolhapur
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1972
MH-KOLHAPUR
PWP 54.3%won by 12.5%INC 41.9%
What changed here
DerivedPWP held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.2% to 12.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.2% of the vote between them, up from 89.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
71,682
Margin
8,925
12.45%
Candidates
5 contested · winner PWP- 1KARKHANIS T. RAO SITARAMPWP · PWP38,94354.3%
- 2POPATRAO B. JAGANALEIndian National Congress · INC30,01841.9%
- 3MANE GOPALRAO SAHEBRAOBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,0342.8%
- 4TIPUGADE VISHNU VITHUIndependent · IND4750.7%
- 5MALI DINKAR LAXMANNCO · NCO2120.3%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- PWP
- Winner now
- PWP
- PWP–INC swing
- −32.8%
- PWP share
- 67.5% → 54.3%
- INC share
- 22.3% → 41.9%
- Turnout
- — → —