Constituency
149. Sakoli
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-SAKOLI
INC 45.4%won by 4.3%JNP 41.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.1% to 4.3%.
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 4.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 41.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.5% of the vote between them, up from 81.2% — 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
87,905
Margin
3,815
4.34%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1BEDARKAR MADUKAR TULSHIRAMJIIndian National Congress · INC39,90845.4%
- 2KAPGATE SHAMRAO PAGAJIJanata Party · JNP36,09341.1%
- 3KAPAGATE MARTANDRAO RAMJIIndian National Congress · INC7,4898.5%
- 4GARPADE BARASRAM NATTHUIndependent · IND1,6901.9%
- 5SHENDRE SHAUTRAM RAJARAMIndependent · IND9791.1%
- 6NANDGAVALI ADEENATH CHAITRAMIndependent · IND7300.8%
- 7WALAKE GAJIRAM SAKHARAMIndependent · IND3370.4%
- 8NEWARE KANHOO BAJIRAOIndependent · IND2770.3%
- 9AGRAWAL KACHARULAL BANARASILALIndependent · IND2180.2%
- 10FARANDE BABURAO GENUJIIndependent · IND1230.1%
- 11NANDESWAR NARAYAN GOMAIndependent · IND610.1%
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
- −45.8%
- INC share
- 50.1% → 45.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 41.1%
- Turnout
- — → —