Constituency
258. Phaltan
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-PHALTAN
JNP 43.5%won by 2.0%INC 41.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 2.0%.
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 43.5% of the vote here (+43.5%).
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
73,654
Margin
1,472
2.00%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1VIJAYSINH ALIAS SHIVAJIRAJE MALOJIRAO NAIKJanata Party · JNP32,01143.5%
- 2KADAM SURYAJIRAO SHANKARRAO ALIAS CHIMANRAOIndian National Congress · INC30,53941.5%
- 3DAYAGUDE MADHAVRAO BHIKAJIIndian National Congress · INC7,0419.6%
- 4PAILWAN JAGTAP BAJIRAO BHIKAJICommunist Party of India · CPI2,5333.4%
- 5BABAR SAMBHAJI ATMARAMIndependent · IND1,5302.1%
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
- +74.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 43.5%
- INC share
- 72.9% → 41.5%
- Turnout
- — → —