Constituency
129. Wardha
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-WARDHA
INC 64.4%won by 37.2%CPM 27.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.5% to 37.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 27.3% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- 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
81,122
Margin
30,159
37.18%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SHENDE PRAMOD BHAURAOJIIndian National Congress · INC52,26664.4%
- 2GHANGARE RAMCHANDRA MAROTRAOCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM22,10727.3%
- 3KARKLEKAR VASANTRAO JANARDHARAOIndian National Congress · INC5,2686.5%
- 4RAHATE SURESH ZINGUJIIndependent · IND1,0471.3%
- 5VAIDYA MOTIRAM SAKHARAMIndependent · IND4340.5%
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–CPM swing
- −10.4%
- INC share
- 47.6% → 64.4%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 27.3%
- Turnout
- — → —