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Constituency

63. Dahanu

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1978

MH-DAHANU

CPM 47.7%won by 8.6%INC 39.2%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
54,944
Margin
4,710
8.57%

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
CPMflipped
CPMINC swing
+14.0%
CPM share
47.3% 47.7%
INC share
52.7% 39.2%
Turnout