Constituency
162. Kelapur
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-KELAPUR
INC 67.1%won by 44.8%JNP 22.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 29.1% to 44.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 22.3% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.5% between them, down from 96.8% — 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
66,797
Margin
29,930
44.81%
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
- −18.1%
- INC share
- 63.0% → 67.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 22.3%
- Turnout
- — → —