Constituency
62. Palghar
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1985
MH-PALGHAR
INC 38.1%won by 4.7%JNP 33.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.3% to 4.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.4% between them, down from 94.2% — 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
59,097
Margin
2,782
4.71%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1VALVI VISHNU GOPALIndian National Congress · INC22,49538.1%
- 2ARJUN KAKADYA SHINGADEJanata Party · JNP19,71333.4%
- 3AVINASH BALIRAM SUTARIndependent · IND14,94225.3%
- 4JANARDAN BHIVA SHELARIndependent · IND1,8293.1%
- 5VIMAL RAYSING VALVIIndependent · IND1180.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- +1.4%
- INC share
- 48.8% → 38.1%
- JNP share
- 45.4% → 33.4%
- Turnout
- — → —