Constituency
73. Malegaon
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-MALEGAON
JNP 57.5%won by 34.2%MUL 23.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
82,084
Margin
28,045
34.17%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1NEHAL AHMED MD. USMANJanata Party · JNP47,23757.5%
- 2GAZI NASEEM AHMED KHAN MD. MARDANMUL · MUL19,19223.4%
- 3HAKIM AISHA CHIRAGHA HASANIndian National Congress · INC6,2887.7%
- 4GAWALI BHIMA DAGAIndependent · IND5,9367.2%
- 5MAGARE VITTHAL DHARMAIndependent · IND3,4314.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–MUL swing
- +34.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 57.5%
- MUL share
- 0.0% → 23.4%
- Turnout
- — → —