Constituency
30. Worli
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-WORLI
CPM 52.7%won by 34.7%INC 18.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 34.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 5.9% to 52.7% of the vote here (+46.8%).
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
71,148
Margin
24,680
34.69%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1KURANE PRALHAD KRUSHNACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM37,46652.7%
- 2NANAWARE VASANT PANDURANGIndian National Congress · INC12,78618.0%
- 3GAWADE BALKRISHNA RAGHUNATHShiv Sena · SHS10,69315.0%
- 4DIGHE SHARAD SHANKARIndian National Congress · INC9,62213.5%
- 5DIGHE HANUMANT BALIRAMIndependent · IND4210.6%
- 6SAYAD NYAMTULLA AMANTULLAIndependent · IND1600.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +82.7%
- CPM share
- 5.9% → 52.7%
- INC share
- 53.9% → 18.0%
- Turnout
- — → —