Constituency
260. Khatav
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-KHATAV
INC 56.3%won by 20.8%JNP 35.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 20.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 42.4% to 56.3% of the vote here (+13.9%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 35.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.8% between them, down from 99.3% — 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
75,336
Margin
15,662
20.79%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1PATIL KESHAVRAO SHANKARRAOIndian National Congress · INC42,40456.3%
- 2PATIL CHNANDRAHAR ALIAS RAMCHANDRA GANPATRAOJanata Party · JNP26,74235.5%
- 3BAILE ASHOK MARUTIPWP · PWP2,1592.9%
- 4JADHAV BAPURAO ANANDRAOIndependent · IND1,8092.4%
- 5BAPU BHAU KACHAREIndependent · IND1,1371.5%
- 6BHIMRAO MARUTI JAGTAPIndependent · IND1,0251.4%
- 7SHIVTHARE MANSING NARAYANIndependent · IND600.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- −21.6%
- INC share
- 42.4% → 56.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 35.5%
- Turnout
- — → —