Constituency
111. Akola
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-AKOLA
INC 51.1%won by 18.0%JNP 33.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.0% to 18.0%.
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 10.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 33.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.2% of the vote between them, up from 77.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
72,067
Margin
12,997
18.03%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1KHAN MOHAMMAD AZHAR HUSSAINIndian National Congress · INC36,85351.1%
- 2JAIN PRAMILA W/O SHRIPALJanata Party · JNP23,85633.1%
- 3GOENKAJAMANLAL SHRIRAMJIIndian National Congress · INC6,8329.5%
- 4UTKHADE MADHUKARRAO NARAYANRAOCommunist Party of India · CPI1,2831.8%
- 5MIRZA UNUSBEG MIRZA HUSSAINIBEGIndependent · IND1,0861.5%
- 6MISHRA ONKAR PRASAD NAND GOPALIndependent · IND9961.4%
- 7RAHATE DYANDEO ZYNGOJIIndependent · IND6100.8%
- 8CHANDKAPURE SHANKARRAO GANPATRAOIndependent · IND1970.3%
- 9GOVINDRAO SHANKARRAO TARAPUREIndependent · IND1700.2%
- 10LULLA KANHAILAL VASANDMALIndependent · IND1240.2%
- 11TIWARI BADRIPRASAD RADHAKISANIndependent · IND600.1%
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
- −43.3%
- INC share
- 61.3% → 51.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 33.1%
- Turnout
- — → —