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112. Balapur

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1980

MH-BALAPUR

INC 35.0%won by 14.5%RPK 20.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.7% to 14.5%.

  • New challengerRPK (RPK) finished second with 20.5% — it did not contest here in 1978.
  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
57,255
Margin
8,300
14.50%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KHODE PRALHADRAO NARAYANRAOIndian National Congress · INC20,03935.0%
  2. 2KHANDARE SHANKAR RAO SAMBHUJIRPK · RPK11,73920.5%
  3. 3AKBAR VAKIL SHEIKH ABDARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP10,01217.5%
  4. 4DR. TIRUKH DEVIDAS NAMDEOINCU · INCU9,75817.0%
  5. 5GADGIL CHANDRASHEKAR SHAMBHURAOIndependent · IND3,0085.3%
  6. 6NAWAKAR NAMDEORAO GANPATIndependent · IND1,1352.0%
  7. 7GUJRATHI PRAKASHCHANDRA NATHULALIndependent · IND9111.6%
  8. 8KANJARKAR PRAKASH BHASKARRAOIndependent · IND4120.7%
  9. 9MANKIKAR LAXMIKANT KHUSHALRAOIndependent · IND2410.4%

Since 1978

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–RPK swing
−17.3%
INC share
31.8% → 35.0%
RPK share
0.0% → 20.5%
Turnout
— → —
111. Akoga113. Medshi
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