Constituency
127. Arvi
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-ARVI
IND 70.9%won by 57.8%JNP 13.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndependent held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.8% to 57.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 13.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Safe seatIndependent 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
90,474
Margin
52,278
57.78%
Candidates
8 contested · winner IND- 1CHUDIWALA SHIVCHAND GOWARDHANDASIndependent · IND64,16870.9%
- 2WAGH DHAIRYASHILRAO VINAYAKRAOJanata Party · JNP11,89013.1%
- 3MOHOD VISHWANATHJI YADAVRAOIndian National Congress · INC9,98111.0%
- 4ATRAM PUNJABRAO CHHANUJIIndependent · IND1,7411.9%
- 5MESHRAM VITHALRAO TUKARAMIndependent · IND1,0181.1%
- 6ABDUL HAFIZ SHEKH IBRAHIMIndependent · IND6590.7%
- 7BORADE KASHINATH NATHUJIIndependent · IND5850.6%
- 8SAHADEO SHANKARRAO BHURAJIIndependent · IND4320.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- IND
- IND–JNP swing
- +8.5%
- IND share
- 49.3% → 70.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 13.1%
- Turnout
- — → —