Constituency
6. Ratnagiri
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-RATNAGIRI
JNP 46.2%won by 15.5%INC 30.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 15.5%.
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 46.2% of the vote here (+46.2%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.9% between them, down from 83.7% — the field split more ways.
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
64,759
Margin
10,025
15.48%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1SAU. ABHYANKAR KUSUMTAI RAMCHANDRAJanata Party · JNP29,90146.2%
- 2PAJE SHANTARAM LAXMANIndian National Congress · INC19,87630.7%
- 3HASNEN S.E.Independent · IND11,31117.5%
- 4SALAVI VIJAY DATTARAYIndependent · IND3,6715.7%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency 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
- +67.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 46.2%
- INC share
- 52.3% → 30.7%
- Turnout
- — → —