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Constituency

62. Palghar

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1978

MH-PALGHAR

JNP 58.2%won by 28.0%INC 30.2%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
56,034
Margin
15,701
28.02%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNPINC swing
+91.7%
JNP share
0.0% 58.2%
INC share
63.7% 30.2%
Turnout