Constituency
136. Nagpur Central
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-NAGPUR-CENTRAL
INC 40.5%won by 4.8%JNP 35.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.1% to 4.8%.
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 6.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 35.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.2% of the vote between them, up from 64.1% — 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
75,682
Margin
3,603
4.76%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1SURVE BHAUSAHEB SITARAMIndian National Congress · INC30,65040.5%
- 2RAM HEDAUJanata Party · JNP27,04735.7%
- 3SHAMIM SADIQUE MOHAMMAD ALIMUDDINMUL · MUL14,76219.5%
- 4MOHAMMAD SALIM AHMAD LEADERIndependent · IND1,1121.5%
- 5TOKSIYA NAVALCHAND GIRDHARILALIndependent · IND8731.2%
- 6JOSHI ARUN SHAMRAOIndependent · IND3860.5%
- 7SAKHARKAR WAMARAO BALKIRSHNAIndependent · IND3410.5%
- 8AWARI BABURAO HIRAJIIndependent · IND2100.3%
- 9HEDAU DHONDBAJI DASHRATHIndependent · IND1550.2%
- 10REHMAN MIYAN KALLU MIYAN RANGARIIndependent · IND1460.2%
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–JNP swing
- −41.9%
- INC share
- 46.6% → 40.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 35.7%
- Turnout
- — → —