Constituency
157. Brahmapuri
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-BRAHMAPURI
INC 61.4%won by 36.6%RPI 24.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.9% to 36.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to RPI (RPI).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.1% of the vote between them, up from 64.9% — 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
89,155
Margin
32,664
36.64%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1BHENDARKAR BABURAO SHRAWANJIIndian National Congress · INC54,71761.4%
- 2KAMBLE MAROTRAO RAKHADUJIRPI · RPI22,05324.7%
- 3GURPUDE BALIRAM MAROTRAOIndian National Congress · INC8,0729.1%
- 4THAKRE ANNAJI GOVINDRAOIndependent · IND3,1553.5%
- 5KALE SHANTABAI DAMODHARIndependent · IND5820.7%
- 6TUPAT WASUDEO NARAYANIndependent · IND5760.6%
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–RPI swing
- +0.2%
- INC share
- 44.4% → 61.4%
- RPI share
- 8.0% → 24.7%
- Turnout
- — → —