Constituency
72. Nandgaon
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-NANDGAON
IND 30.9%won by 0.4%INC 30.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 0.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 20.4% to 30.9% of the vote here (+10.6%).
- Knife-edgeDecided by 243 votes (0.35%) — among the closest results anywhere.
- Multi-cornered4 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
68,686
Margin
243
0.35%
Candidates
7 contested · winner IND- 1NAHAR KANHIYALAL CHUNILALIndependent · IND21,24330.9%
- 2KAVADE BHANUDAS RAMCHANDRAIndian National Congress · INC21,00030.6%
- 3GAIKWAD MADHAVRAO BAYAJICommunist Party of India · CPI16,32623.8%
- 4PAGARE D.K.Independent · IND6,5929.6%
- 5BORSE RAMKRISHNA MALJIIndian National Congress · INC3,0664.5%
- 6BHAVSAR VASANT DEOLALIndependent · IND2390.3%
- 7PATIL WAMANRAO GOVINDRAOIndependent · IND2200.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +23.2%
- IND share
- 20.4% → 30.9%
- INC share
- 43.2% → 30.6%
- Turnout
- — → —