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Constituency

68. Deolali

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1978

MH-DEOLALI

IND 60.5%won by 37.0%RPI 23.5%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.8% to 37.0%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to RPI (RPI).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.1% of the vote between them, up from 78.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
62,468
Margin
23,133
37.03%

Since 1972

Derived

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

Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
INDRPI swing
+14.3%
IND share
42.3% 60.5%
RPI share
19.6% 23.5%
Turnout