Constituency
192. Gangapur
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-GANGAPUR
INC 44.9%won by 23.8%JNP 21.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 48.2% to 23.8%.
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 23.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 21.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.9% between them, down from 88.6% — 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
58,216
Margin
13,877
23.84%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1LAXMAN EKNATH MANALIndian National Congress · INC26,12844.9%
- 2ASARAM SAKHARAMJanata Party · JNP12,25121.0%
- 3BABURAO DATTATRAYA PAWARIndependent · IND8,43114.5%
- 4MANOHAR PANDHRINATH TAKSALCommunist Party of India · CPI5,5939.6%
- 5SAHEBRAO CHIMAJI PAKHREIndependent · IND2,0653.5%
- 6KAPSE GAMBHIRRAO BALA PATILIndependent · IND2,0543.5%
- 7KHARAT RAMCHANDRA GARIBRAO ( GURUJI )Independent · IND1,6942.9%
Since 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
- −44.5%
- INC share
- 68.4% → 44.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 21.0%
- Turnout
- — → —