Election
Constituency

32. Dadar

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1978

MH-DADAR

JNP 46.2%won by 27.0%SHS 19.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 27.0%.

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%).
  • Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered5 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
84,121
Margin
22,748
27.04%

Candidates

8 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1HEMACHANDRA SHANKAR GUPTEJanata Party · JNP38,87946.2%
  2. 2MANOHAR GAJANAN JOSHIShiv Sena · SHS16,13119.2%
  3. 3BHAURAO PATILIndian National Congress · INC12,57915.0%
  4. 4JAYAWANT MORESHWAR PATILCommunist Party of India · CPI11,00413.1%
  5. 5WAMAN SHANKAR MATKARIndian National Congress · INC4,3725.2%
  6. 6FERNANDES MENENO HENRYIndependent · IND4990.6%
  7. 7BALARAO SAWARKARHMS · HMS4270.5%
  8. 8APPA BALKRISHNA RAOIndependent · IND2300.3%

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–SHS swing
+46.5%
JNP share
0.0% → 46.2%
SHS share
19.4% → 19.2%
Turnout
— → —
31. Naigaum33. Matunga
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