Constituency
229. Ahmednagar South
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-AHMEDNAGAR-SOUTH
JNP 27.9%won by 0.5%INC 27.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 0.5%.
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 27.9% of the vote here (+27.9%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.3% between them, down from 83.0% — 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
68,199
Margin
348
0.51%
Candidates
8 contested · winner JNP- 1KUMAR SAPTARSHIJanata Party · JNP19,03927.9%
- 2PAULBUDHE NATH JAYAWANTIndian National Congress · INC18,69127.4%
- 3BARSHIKAR NAVNITDAS NARAYANDASIndependent · IND14,36821.1%
- 4BEDEKAR SHRIKANT AMBADASIndian National Congress · INC9,50913.9%
- 5RATNAKAR RAMCHANDRA KRISHNAJICommunist Party of India · CPI5,7628.4%
- 6SHAIKH BADASHAHA CHINNUBHAIIndependent · IND6370.9%
- 7SHINDE RAMKRISHNA HARIBHAUIndependent · IND1260.2%
- 8SHAIKH UMAR ABDUL LATIFIndependent · IND670.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +27.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 27.9%
- INC share
- 26.5% → 27.4%
- Turnout
- — → —