Constituency
137. Nagpur West
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-NAGPUR-WEST
INC 52.5%won by 13.9%JNP 38.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.1% to 13.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 38.6% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.1% of the vote between them, up from 72.4% — 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
86,928
Margin
12,094
13.91%
Candidates
12 contested · winner INC- 1MULAK BHAURAO GOVINDRAOIndian National Congress · INC45,62552.5%
- 2SUKLIKAR SUMATIBAI BALKRISHNAJanata Party · JNP33,53138.6%
- 3SUSHILA BALRAJIndian National Congress · INC5,0725.8%
- 4NEWARE KANHOO BAJIRAOIndependent · IND8411.0%
- 5UKE TARACHAND GOMAJIIndependent · IND3910.4%
- 6AGRAWAL RADHESHYAM BALKRISHANIndependent · IND3220.4%
- 7SATYABABU RAGHWANIndependent · IND2820.3%
- 8SAWARKAR VIKRAM NARAYANIndependent · IND2780.3%
- 9AGRAWAL NARENDRAMOHAN OMPRAKASHIndependent · IND1750.2%
- 10MASRAM TULSIRAM BAKARAMIndependent · IND1720.2%
- 11SUNANDA D/O ATMARAM ALIAS ASARAM PADOLEIndependent · IND1220.1%
- 12BHAGWE VISHWESHWARPURI BIJAYPURIIndependent · IND1170.1%
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
- −25.8%
- INC share
- 39.7% → 52.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 38.6%
- Turnout
- — → —