Constituency
62. Palghar
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-PALGHAR
JNP 58.2%won by 28.0%INC 30.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 28.0%.
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 58.2% of the vote here (+58.2%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.5% between them, down from 97.7% — 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
56,034
Margin
15,701
28.02%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1ARJUN KAKADYA SHINGADEJanata Party · JNP32,63558.2%
- 2SHELAR JANARDAN BHIWAIndian National Congress · INC16,93430.2%
- 3VALVI VISHNU GOPALIndian National Congress · INC4,6308.3%
- 4BHARAO UDARYA SUMDAShiv Sena · SHS1,8353.3%
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
- +91.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 58.2%
- INC share
- 63.7% → 30.2%
- Turnout
- — → —