Constituency
95. Jalgaon
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-JALGAON
INC 40.3%won by 9.9%JNP 30.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.2% to 9.9%.
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 5.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 30.4% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.7% between them, down from 84.5% — 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
74,677
Margin
7,415
9.93%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1JAIN ISHWARLAL SHANKARLALIndian National Congress · INC30,09940.3%
- 2SHIKH MO. ISMAIL IBRAHIMJanata Party · JNP22,68430.4%
- 3SONAWANE SITARAM TOTARAMIndependent · IND8,45311.3%
- 4PATIL KASHINATH DODHUIndian National Congress · INC8,37211.2%
- 5BHALERAO SADASHIV NARAYANCommunist Party of India · CPI4,6096.2%
- 6KALE HAMANT SHANKARIndependent · IND1790.2%
- 7KEDARI MUSHTAKALI SIYADALIIndependent · IND1580.2%
- 8CHAUDHARI EKNATH BHADUIndependent · IND1230.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −35.4%
- INC share
- 45.4% → 40.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 30.4%
- Turnout
- — → —