Constituency
179. Basmath
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-BASMATH
JNP 41.3%won by 15.3%INC 26.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 15.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 41.3% of the vote here (+41.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.4% between them, down from 88.3% — 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
61,911
Margin
9,448
15.26%
Candidates
10 contested · winner JNP- 1DESHMUKH PANDITRAO RAMRAOJanata Party · JNP25,58341.3%
- 2KUSALE NARAYANRAO GIRJAJIIndian National Congress · INC16,13526.1%
- 3RATHOD RAMRAO BHOJAJIIndian National Congress · INC7,45412.0%
- 4AMRAT BHARTI SHANKAR BHARTIPWP · PWP4,8507.8%
- 5SHELKE LAXMAN GANGARAMIndependent · IND3,1495.1%
- 6ENGADE JAIRAM PUNDLIKRAOIndependent · IND3,0534.9%
- 7DESHAI TIKARAM NARAYANIndependent · IND7461.2%
- 8WAIJWADE YAMUNBAI VISHWANTHRAOIndependent · IND5350.9%
- 9MURKYA BADRINRAYAN MOHANLALIndependent · IND2090.3%
- 10SARODE NAMDEO PURBHAJIIndependent · IND1970.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +65.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 41.3%
- INC share
- 49.7% → 26.1%
- Turnout
- — → —