Constituency
119. Melghat
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1980
MH-MELGHAT
INC 67.2%won by 45.6%IND 21.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 35.9% to 45.6%.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 21.7% — it did not contest here in 1978.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
46,725
Margin
21,289
45.56%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1NARAYAN NANUIndian National Congress · INC31,42067.2%
- 2PATEL RAMU MHATANGIndependent · IND10,13121.7%
- 3SARAGE HIRALAL ONKARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,17411.1%
Since 1978
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −15.5%
- INC share
- 61.1% → 67.2%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 21.7%
- Turnout
- — → —