Constituency
63. Dahanu
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-DAHANU
CPM 47.7%won by 8.6%INC 39.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 8.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.9% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered3 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
54,944
Margin
4,710
8.57%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPMSince 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +14.0%
- CPM share
- 47.3% → 47.7%
- INC share
- 52.7% → 39.2%
- Turnout
- — → —