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Constituency

73. Malegaon

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1980

MH-MALEGAON

JNP 50.8%won by 2.2%INC 48.6%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.2% to 2.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from MUL (MUL) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.4% of the vote between them, up from 80.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
83,891
Margin
1,848
2.20%

Since 1978

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
JNP
JNPINC swing
−47.7%
JNP share
57.5% 50.8%
INC share
7.7% 48.6%
Turnout