Constituency
40. Santacruz
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-SANTACRUZ
JNP 53.2%won by 39.9%INC 13.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 39.9%.
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 53.2% of the vote here (+53.2%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.5% between them, down from 79.6% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
79,909
Margin
31,922
39.95%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JNP- 1SINHA SHOBHANATH RAMGAJDHARJanata Party · JNP42,54453.2%
- 2PAGRAOOT VASANTRAO DATTATRAYIndian National Congress · INC10,62213.3%
- 3RAMESH YESHWANT PRABHOOShiv Sena · SHS10,42213.0%
- 4JAGESH DESAIIndian National Congress · INC9,05011.3%
- 5BHUNGRA HANSRAJ RAMLALIndependent · IND4,7375.9%
- 6SINGH AMARNATH RAMNARESHIndependent · IND2,1972.7%
- 7GALA TALAKSI KUNWARJIIndependent · IND3370.4%
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
- +101.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 53.2%
- INC share
- 61.9% → 13.3%
- Turnout
- — → —