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Constituency

5. Rajapur

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1978

MH-RAJAPUR

JNP 70.7%won by 48.1%INC 22.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 48.1%.

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 70.7% of the vote here (+70.7%).
  • Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
65,229
Margin
31,406
48.15%

Candidates

5 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1HATANKAR LAXMAN RANGANATHJanata Party · JNP46,09970.7%
  2. 2THAKARE SAHADEO MUKUNDIndian National Congress · INC14,69322.5%
  3. 3RUMADE RAMDAS NAMDEOIndependent · IND2,2243.4%
  4. 4AYARE ANANT RAMCHANDRAIndian National Congress · INC1,2171.9%
  5. 5KAZI FAKIR MOHAMMADIndependent · IND9961.5%

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
+99.9%
JNP share
0.0% → 70.7%
INC share
51.7% → 22.5%
Turnout
— → —
4. Devgad6. Ratnagiri
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