Constituency
172. Bhokar
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-BHOKAR
IND 50.8%won by 16.4%INC 34.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 16.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 2.3% to 50.8% of the vote here (+48.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.2% between them, down from 93.2% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
68,727
Margin
11,251
16.37%
Candidates
7 contested · winner IND- 1CHAVAN SHANKARRAO BHAURAOIndependent · IND34,89650.8%
- 2DESHMUKH BALAJIRAO GOPALRAOIndian National Congress · INC23,64534.4%
- 3KARKHALIKAR VENKATARAO SAYANNACommunist Party of India · CPI7,04210.2%
- 4DIGAMBARARAO BAPURAO DHANORKARIndependent · IND1,5312.2%
- 5M. ASSADULLA M. UBEDULLAIndependent · IND8761.3%
- 6GORJE CHANDRAYYA MALAYYAIndependent · IND3780.6%
- 7BELLURKAR DR. BHUJANGRAOIndependent · IND3590.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +86.5%
- IND share
- 2.3% → 50.8%
- INC share
- 72.4% → 34.4%
- Turnout
- — → —