Constituency
175. Kandhar
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-KANDHAR
PWP 43.6%won by 15.2%INC 28.4%
What changed here
DerivedPWP held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.3% to 15.2%.
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 14.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.0% between them, down from 95.3% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
68,443
Margin
10,403
15.20%
Candidates
6 contested · winner PWP- 1KURUDE GURUNATHRAO MANIKRAOPWP · PWP29,82543.6%
- 2BHOSHIKAR ISHWAR RAO NARAYANRAOIndian National Congress · INC19,42228.4%
- 3MORE GANPATRAO BHAURAOIndependent · IND8,79912.9%
- 4PULKUNDWAR BABURAO HIRAMANIndependent · IND6,2559.1%
- 5SONKAMBLE MOTIRAM VITHOBAIndependent · IND2,5323.7%
- 6BHUJBAL RANGNATH RAMRAOIndependent · IND1,6102.4%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PWP
- Winner now
- PWP
- PWP–INC swing
- −6.1%
- PWP share
- 58.3% → 43.6%
- INC share
- 37.0% → 28.4%
- Turnout
- — → —