Constituency
284. Kolhapur
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1978
MH-KOLHAPUR
JNP 30.5%won by 6.3%PWP 24.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: PWP (PWP) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 6.3%.
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 30.5% of the vote here (+30.5%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 54.6% between them, down from 96.2% — 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
78,321
Margin
4,973
6.35%
Candidates
17 contested · winner JNP- 1SABNIS RAVINDRA RAMCHANDRAJanata Party · JNP23,87730.5%
- 2SALOKHE HINDURAO KRISHNARAOPWP · PWP18,90424.1%
- 3YADAV LALASAHEB BALASAHEBIndian National Congress · INC12,82416.4%
- 4CHAVAN DAYANDEO SUBRAOIndian National Congress · INC11,46814.6%
- 5PANSARE GOVIND PANDHARINATHCommunist Party of India · CPI8,23610.5%
- 6DEHMUKHA(KHOT) MADANRAO YESHWANTIndependent · IND8551.1%
- 7SAWANT SHANKARRAO GUNDOBAIndependent · IND6760.9%
- 8CHAUDHARI YUNUSKAHN IBRAHIMIndependent · IND5360.7%
- 9POWAR PRADIP MAURTRAOIndependent · IND2320.3%
- 10NAGARJI MEHAMADHUSEN RAHIMANIndependent · IND1670.2%
- 11MORE PRATAPRAO BENDERAOIndependent · IND1350.2%
- 12MALI SHAMRAO GOVINDIndependent · IND1350.2%
- 13KULKARNI DIGAMBER LAXMANIndependent · IND1040.1%
- 14SOLANKI VISHNUPANT NAGOSAIndependent · IND730.1%
- 15KARMARKAR ARVIND CHINTAMANIndependent · IND640.1%
- 16MULLA NURULBARK ABBASIndependent · IND180.0%
- 17BANDODKAR PADMAKAR GOVINDIndependent · IND170.0%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PWP
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–PWP swing
- +60.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 30.5%
- PWP share
- 54.3% → 24.1%
- Turnout
- — → —