Constituency
16. Alibag
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-ALIBAG
PWP 48.2%won by 18.3%INC 30.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to PWP (PWP), which now leads by 18.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- PWP vote sharePWP went from 32.4% to 48.2% of the vote here (+15.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.2% of the vote between them, up from 71.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
72,492
Margin
13,235
18.26%
Candidates
3 contested · winner PWP- 1DATTA PATILPWP · PWP34,95848.2%
- 2KHANVILKAR DATAJIRAO KRISHNANARAOIndian National Congress · INC21,72330.0%
- 3PATIL MADHUKAR POSUJanata Party · JNP15,81121.8%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- PWPflipped
- PWP–INC swing
- +24.5%
- PWP share
- 32.4% → 48.2%
- INC share
- 38.6% → 30.0%
- Turnout
- — → —