Constituency
146. Gondia
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-GONDIA
INC 51.9%won by 24.4%JNP 27.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.7% to 24.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 27.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- 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
76,578
Margin
18,696
24.41%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1BAJPAYEE KAJKUMARI GOPALNARAYANIndian National Congress · INC39,72951.9%
- 2AGRAWAL RADHESHYAM HARISHCHANDRAJanata Party · JNP21,03327.5%
- 3RAMTEKE BHOJRAJ SAKHARAMCommunist Party of India · CPI8,04810.5%
- 4DHOTE MANORAMABAI MAHADEORAOIndian National Congress · INC5,7837.6%
- 5TURKAR BHAIYALAL TIKARAMIndependent · IND7401.0%
- 6BAPAT MANOHAR WASUDEORAOIndependent · IND6590.9%
- 7RAMTEKE LAXMINCHAND KASHIRAMIndependent · IND3500.5%
- 8AGARWAL GAJANAN MANGALCHANDIndependent · IND2360.3%
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
- −28.8%
- INC share
- 53.2% → 51.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 27.5%
- Turnout
- — → —