Constituency
40. Santacruz
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1980
MH-SANTACRUZ
INC 50.3%won by 24.7%BJP 25.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 24.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 13.3% to 50.3% of the vote here (+37.0%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 25.5% — it did not contest here in 1978.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.8% of the vote between them, up from 66.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
49,580
Margin
12,269
24.75%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1COMMACHEN C. D.Indian National Congress · INC24,92850.3%
- 2PANDEY SURYAPRASAD JAGDEVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP12,65925.5%
- 3NATWARLAL MANEKLAL GHODYJanata Party · JNP8,90518.0%
- 4SHOBHNATH SINGHJNPSC · JNPSC2,0004.0%
- 5KHAN YASSEN RAHIMKHAN PATELIndependent · IND5711.2%
- 6NARVEKAR SHRIDHAR SAKHARAMIndependent · IND2690.5%
- 7DHARIA LALMAN ZINKUIndependent · IND1600.3%
- 8SHANKAR KRISHNAJI SHINDEIndependent · IND880.2%
Since 1978
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +11.5%
- INC share
- 13.3% → 50.3%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 25.5%
- Turnout
- — → —