Constituency
271. Sangli
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-SANGLI
INC 65.0%won by 38.0%JNP 26.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 73.0% to 38.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 26.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
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
75,071
Margin
28,558
38.04%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1PATIL VASANTRAO BANDUJIIndian National Congress · INC48,76265.0%
- 2KHOT BHARAMGONDA APURAYAJanata Party · JNP20,20426.9%
- 3SHAIKH YUSUF UMARIndian National Congress · INC5,0686.8%
- 4NEVAREKAR CHANDRA SAKHARAMIndependent · IND7020.9%
- 5JANVEKAR PRABHAKAR DATTATRAYAIndependent · IND2200.3%
- 6AILSINGHANI BHAGWANSINGH MAHADAVSINGHIndependent · IND1150.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −44.3%
- INC share
- 82.4% → 65.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 26.9%
- Turnout
- — → —