Constituency
15. Pen
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-PEN
INC 43.6%won by 4.5%PWP 39.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 4.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 33.7% to 43.6% of the vote here (+9.9%).
- New challengerPWP (PWP) finished second with 39.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.7% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
65,304
Margin
2,937
4.50%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1A.T.PATILIndian National Congress · INC28,47843.6%
- 2MOHAN MAHADEO PATILPWP · PWP25,54139.1%
- 3MULCHAND SURAJMAL MODIJanata Party · JNP11,28517.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–PWP swing
- −29.2%
- INC share
- 33.7% → 43.6%
- PWP share
- 0.0% → 39.1%
- Turnout
- — → —