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124. Amravati

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1980

MH-AMRAVATI

INC 55.8%won by 29.2%INCU 26.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.9% to 29.2%.

  • New challengerINCU (INCU) finished second with 26.6% — it did not contest here in 1978.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.4% of the vote between them, up from 77.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
53,261
Margin
15,557
29.21%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BHUYAR SURENDRA CHATRAPALIndian National Congress · INC29,71255.8%
  2. 2SAWALAKHE SUDHAKAR RAMCHANDRAINCU · INCU14,15526.6%
  3. 3JOSHI MALTI WAMANRAOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP8,82116.6%
  4. 4NITANWAR BHIMRAO SITARAMIndependent · IND3910.7%
  5. 5GULALKARI DEOCHAND WARDHASAIndependent · IND1820.3%

Since 1978

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–INCU swing
−21.4%
INC share
50.6% → 55.8%
INCU share
0.0% → 26.6%
Turnout
— → —
123. Walgaon125. Badnera
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