Constituency
50. Ghatkopar
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-GHATKOPAR
JNP 50.3%won by 35.1%IND 15.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 35.1%.
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 50.3% of the vote here (+50.3%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 15.2% — it polled just 0.5% in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.5% between them, down from 74.9% — the field split more ways.
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
80,296
Margin
28,199
35.12%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1PAREKH JAYANTILAL GAMBHIRDASJanata Party · JNP40,40850.3%
- 2DADIA UTTAMCHAND DOSABHAIIndependent · IND12,20915.2%
- 3VYAS LALIDHAR SHAMJIIndian National Congress · INC12,00314.9%
- 4BAGWE SHASHIKANT SADASHIVShiv Sena · SHS10,75913.4%
- 5PHALE RAMBHAJI BHIVAJIRPI · RPI4,7375.9%
- 6JOSHI CHIMANLAD CHUNILALIndependent · IND1800.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–IND swing
- +35.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 50.3%
- IND share
- 0.5% → 15.2%
- Turnout
- — → —