Constituency
134. Nagpur East
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-NAGPUR-EAST
INC 63.8%won by 50.3%IND 13.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.7% to 50.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 13.5% — it polled just 0.5% in 1972.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered4 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
88,906
Margin
44,729
50.31%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1PUROHIT BANWARILAL BHAGWANDASIndian National Congress · INC56,75263.8%
- 2LENDEPRABHAKAR NATTHUIndependent · IND12,02313.5%
- 3PATHAK UMASHANKAR SARWAJITJanata Party · JNP11,11712.5%
- 4NAIK BABANRAO GANPATRAOIndian National Congress · INC5,2365.9%
- 5RATANSINGH LALSINGH ADIWANIndependent · IND1,2521.4%
- 6CHAWAGHAWE GENDALAL VITHALRAOIndependent · IND1,2451.4%
- 7CHHALLANI MOTILAL JAWAHARMALIndependent · IND4050.5%
- 8MAWKAR WASUDEO NARAYANIndependent · IND3090.3%
- 9SHENDE KESHAORAO GOVINDRAOIndependent · IND2160.2%
- 10GAHERWAR RAJENDRA GOVINDRAOIndependent · IND2130.2%
- 11ABDUL KARIM ABDUL RAHIMIndependent · IND1380.2%
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–IND swing
- +10.8%
- INC share
- 40.0% → 63.8%
- IND share
- 0.5% → 13.5%
- Turnout
- — → —