Constituency
139. Katol
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-KATOL
INC 51.1%won by 20.3%JNP 30.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.6% to 20.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 30.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.0% between them, down from 95.1% — the field split more ways.
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
71,950
Margin
14,593
20.28%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1MANKAR MUKUNDRAO GOVINDRAOIndian National Congress · INC36,80051.1%
- 2PAWADE MOTIRAM GULABRAOJanata Party · JNP22,20730.9%
- 3GEDAM SHANKARRAO DAULATRAOIndian National Congress · INC6,6089.2%
- 4DESHMUKH VIRENDRA KASHIRAOPWP · PWP4,6606.5%
- 5PATOLE MUROLIHDAR BAWAJIIndependent · IND1,1501.6%
- 6INGALE VELKANTHRAO GANPATRAOIndependent · IND5250.7%
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
- −33.5%
- INC share
- 53.8% → 51.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 30.9%
- Turnout
- — → —