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Constituency

73. Malegaon

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1978

MH-MALEGAON

JNP 57.5%won by 34.2%MUL 23.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 34.2%.

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

  • JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 57.5% of the vote here (+57.5%).
  • New challengerMUL (MUL) finished second with 23.4% — it did not contest here in 1972.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.9% between them, down from 90.9% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
82,084
Margin
28,045
34.17%

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
JNPflipped
JNPMUL swing
+34.2%
JNP share
0.0% 57.5%
MUL share
0.0% 23.4%
Turnout