Constituency
66. Igatpuri
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-IGATPURI
INC 38.4%won by 13.9%JNP 24.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.3% to 13.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 24.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.9% between them, down from 81.4% — 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
52,408
Margin
7,270
13.87%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1WAGH BHAU SAKRUIndian National Congress · INC20,12038.4%
- 2DAMASE MADHAVRAO SAKHARAMJanata Party · JNP12,85024.5%
- 3KHATLE NARAYAN BHAUIndian National Congress · INC10,95020.9%
- 4BOMADE LAXMAN KRISHNACommunist Party of India · CPI6,04211.5%
- 5REVAL BHIKUNATH BENDUJIIndependent · IND6841.3%
- 6MANDE LAXMAN DAGADUIndependent · IND6441.2%
- 7MORE NANDLAL VITHALIndependent · IND5871.1%
- 8ADHAR BABABAI PHATUSHETIndependent · IND5311.0%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −41.5%
- INC share
- 55.3% → 38.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 24.5%
- Turnout
- — → —