Constituency
106. Mehkar
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-MEHKAR
INC 53.0%won by 30.2%IND 22.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.7% to 30.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.9% between them, down from 92.8% — the field split more ways.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 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
73,839
Margin
22,315
30.22%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SAOJI SUBODH KESH KESHAOSAIndian National Congress · INC39,16353.0%
- 2BAJAD ANANT TULSHIRAMIndependent · IND16,84822.8%
- 3LODHE SITARAM GHINKAJIIndian National Congress · INC16,28022.0%
- 4SAWALE RAJABHAU DHANAJIRPK · RPK1,0201.4%
- 5JADHAO RAMKRISHANRAO ABAHIPWP · PWP5280.7%
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–IND swing
- +24.5%
- INC share
- 49.2% → 53.0%
- IND share
- 43.5% → 22.8%
- Turnout
- — → —