Constituency
5. Rajapur
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1980
MH-RAJAPUR
JNP 39.6%won by 8.9%INC 30.7%
What changed here
DerivedJanata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 48.1% to 8.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 31.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.3% between them, down from 93.2% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
45,136
Margin
4,010
8.88%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1TAVADE NARAYAN SAKHARAMJanata Party · JNP17,87539.6%
- 2THAKARE SAHADEO MUKUNDIndian National Congress · INC13,86530.7%
- 3TATANKAR LAXMAN RANGANNATHIndependent · IND12,26527.2%
- 4RUMADE RAMDAS NAMDEOIndependent · IND1,1312.5%
Since 1978
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- JNP
- JNP–INC swing
- −39.3%
- JNP share
- 70.7% → 39.6%
- INC share
- 22.5% → 30.7%
- Turnout
- — → —