Constituency
53. Thane
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1985
MH-THANE
INC 39.5%won by 10.7%IND 28.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.0% to 10.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 28.8% — it polled just 1.4% in 1980.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.3% between them, down from 78.2% — the field split more ways.
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
1,03,496
Margin
11,118
10.74%
Candidates
13 contested · winner INC- 1KANTI KOLIIndian National Congress · INC40,89039.5%
- 2SATISH PRADHANIndependent · IND29,77228.8%
- 3GHARPURE P. V.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP23,12022.3%
- 4ASHOK PRADHANIndependent · IND3,1803.1%
- 5NATHURAM ADSULEIndependent · IND2,1792.1%
- 6RAVABA CHIKANECommunist Party of India · CPI1,4301.4%
- 7P. M. RANAIndependent · IND1,2771.2%
- 8SHUKLA KAMALNATH RAMAIIndependent · IND5720.6%
- 9JAGANNATH RAMSAMUJ TIWARIIndependent · IND2970.3%
- 10RAVINDRA CHALKEIndependent · IND2480.2%
- 11MANOHAR ABAJI YEVALEIndependent · IND2310.2%
- 12PAL DEONARAYAN SIVASARANIndependent · IND2200.2%
- 13MAHADEV SHEREKARIndependent · IND800.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −35.5%
- INC share
- 47.6% → 39.5%
- IND share
- 1.4% → 28.8%
- Turnout
- — → —