Constituency
234. Shirdi
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-SHIRDI
INC 50.9%won by 16.9%JNP 34.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 16.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 44.8% to 50.9% of the vote here (+6.1%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 34.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.0% between them, down from 97.3% — 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
60,632
Margin
10,218
16.85%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INCSince 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- −27.9%
- INC share
- 44.8% → 50.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 34.1%
- Turnout
- — → —