Constituency
143. Bhandara
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-BHANDARA
INC 40.9%won by 11.2%INC 29.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 11.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 34.6% to 40.9% of the vote here (+6.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.6% between them, down from 93.9% — 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
74,880
Margin
8,391
11.21%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1DUBE VITHALPRASAD SITARAMIndian National Congress · INC30,62140.9%
- 2SHENDE GOVINDA (DADA) RAMJIIndian National Congress · INC22,23029.7%
- 3DESHKAR SHALINI MADHUKARJanata Party · JNP13,18217.6%
- 4BHIOGADE ASHOK HARIRAMIndependent · IND7,0749.4%
- 5RAUT MADHUKAR RAMJIIndependent · IND1,1531.5%
- 6PARASORKAR PRABHAKAR SAKHARAMJIIndependent · IND4380.6%
- 7GOSEWADE DAMODAR RAGHUNATHIndependent · IND1820.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–INC swing
- 0.0%
- INC share
- 34.6% → 40.9%
- INC share
- 34.6% → 40.9%
- Turnout
- — → —