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1. Sawantwadi

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1978

MH-SAWANTWADI

JNP 61.8%won by 30.4%INC 31.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 30.4%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 61.8% of the vote here (+61.8%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.2% of the vote between them, up from 87.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
66,862
Margin
20,339
30.42%

Candidates

5 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1MATHKAR JAYANAND SHIVRAMJanata Party · JNP41,33161.8%
  2. 2BHALCHANDRA ANANT SAWANTIndian National Congress · INC20,99231.4%
  3. 3VASANT SITA RAM KESARKARIndependent · IND2,2033.3%
  4. 4SAWANT SAWLARAM RAJARAMIndependent · IND1,4062.1%
  5. 5SAWANT BALKRISHNA R.Indian National Congress · INC9301.4%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNP–INC swing
+93.1%
JNP share
0.0% → 61.8%
INC share
62.7% → 31.4%
Turnout
— → —
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