Constituency
101. Edlabad
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-EDLABAD
INC 42.9%won by 0.9%JNP 41.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 80.7% to 0.9%.
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 47.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 41.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.8% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
73,668
Margin
699
0.95%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1PRATIBHA DEVISING PATILIndian National Congress · INC31,57842.9%
- 2ASHOK DEVIDAS PHADKEJanata Party · JNP30,87941.9%
- 3DESHMUKH RAVINDRA SHIVRAOIndian National Congress · INC6,3438.6%
- 4TUKARAM LAXMAN MOREIndependent · IND2,4363.3%
- 5PANDIT ANJANABAI SONUPWP · PWP2,0442.8%
- 6NAIK BHARTI RAMDASIndependent · IND3880.5%
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
- −89.4%
- INC share
- 90.4% → 42.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 41.9%
- Turnout
- — → —