Constituency
128. Pulgaon
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-PULGAON
INC 69.7%won by 51.2%RPK 18.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 45.4% to 51.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from FBL (FBL) to RPK (RPK).
- 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
82,980
Margin
42,517
51.24%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1SOW PRADHA RAOIndian National Congress · INC57,82769.7%
- 2KHOBARAGADE DURWAS LALUJIRPK · RPK15,31018.5%
- 3DHANDE SHANKARRAO BALAJIIndian National Congress · INC8,74510.5%
- 4BABHALE BHAGWAT ZITRUJIIndependent · IND6060.7%
- 5JAWADE ATMARAM MOHONUJIIndependent · IND3020.4%
- 6YESANKAR RAMESH SAHADEOIndependent · IND1900.2%
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–RPK swing
- −8.7%
- INC share
- 65.0% → 69.7%
- RPK share
- 5.1% → 18.5%
- Turnout
- — → —