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Constituency

160. Wani

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1980

MH-WANI

INC 63.9%won by 30.1%CPI 33.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 49.4% to 30.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.7% of the vote between them, up from 85.8% — 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
56,465
Margin
16,976
30.06%

Since 1978

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
−26.4%
INC share
67.6% 63.9%
CPI share
11.1% 33.8%
Turnout