Constituency
256. Purandhar
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-PURANDHAR
JNP 46.7%won by 3.7%INC 43.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: SOP (SOP) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 3.7%.
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 46.7% of the vote here (+46.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.7% between them, down from 98.2% — 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
75,084
Margin
2,786
3.71%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1DADA JADHAVRAOJanata Party · JNP35,05346.7%
- 2USRAL SHANKARRAO DASHRATHRAOIndian National Congress · INC32,26743.0%
- 3CHAUDHARY KHANDERAO DAULATRAOPWP · PWP5,5307.4%
- 4EKNATH BAPUJI RANPISEIndependent · IND1,3541.8%
- 5JAGTAP BHIKOBA NARAYANIndian National Congress · INC7731.0%
- 6VITHAL KRISHNARAO TAKAWALEIndependent · IND1070.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SOP
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +44.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 46.7%
- INC share
- 41.2% → 43.0%
- Turnout
- — → —