Constituency
47. Chembur
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-CHEMBUR
JNP 56.3%won by 31.1%INC 25.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 31.1%.
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 56.3% of the vote here (+56.3%).
- 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
76,404
Margin
23,731
31.06%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1ADWANI HASHU PARASRAMJanata Party · JNP43,02856.3%
- 2RUPAVATE PREMCHAND DAMODARIndian National Congress · INC19,29725.3%
- 3DAYANAND JAGANNATH MHASKEIndependent · IND6,0037.9%
- 4AMBRE GOPINATH SAKHARAMShiv Sena · SHS5,9967.8%
- 5BHAGWANJI MAYARAM DAVARIYAIndependent · IND1,7662.3%
- 6BHAVARLAL GIGAJI CHAVANIndependent · IND3140.4%
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
- +88.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 56.3%
- INC share
- 57.2% → 25.3%
- Turnout
- — → —