Constituency
33. Matunga
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-MATUNGA
JNP 58.9%won by 44.8%INC 14.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 44.8%.
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 58.9% of the vote here (+58.9%).
- Safe seatJanata Party 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
70,515
Margin
31,612
44.83%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1KOHLI SOHANSINGH JODHSINGHJanata Party · JNP41,56858.9%
- 2BHAT PADMA SUBHAIndian National Congress · INC9,95614.1%
- 3DADASAHEB BABURAO CHAVANIndian National Congress · INC9,88714.0%
- 4TIRANDAZ RUSTOM SHERIARIndependent · IND8,53212.1%
- 5SHANKAR SANDIPAN HAGADEIndependent · IND2900.4%
- 6NIKUMBH NARAYAN PUNJUIndependent · IND2820.4%
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
- +93.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 58.9%
- INC share
- 48.6% → 14.1%
- Turnout
- — → —