Constituency
158. Chimur
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-CHIMUR
INC 60.8%won by 33.8%JNP 26.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 33.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 26.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.7% of the vote between them, up from 66.8% — 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
90,694
Margin
30,686
33.83%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INCSince 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
- +0.2%
- INC share
- 33.6% → 60.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 26.9%
- Turnout
- — → —