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216. Solapur City South

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1985

MH-SOLAPUR-CITY-SOUTH

INC 45.9%won by 9.4%ICS 36.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.4% to 9.4%.

  • New challengerICS (ICS) finished second with 36.6% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.5% of the vote between them, up from 75.9% — 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
71,769
Margin
6,719
9.36%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1YALGULWAR PRAKASH BALKRISHNAIndian National Congress · INC32,95945.9%
  2. 2SHAIKH MAHAMAD YUNNNS JAINODDINICS · ICS26,24036.6%
  3. 3AADAM NARSHYYA NARAYANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM6,2498.7%
  4. 4VIDAP SHRIHARI RAMAYYAIndependent · IND5,1747.2%
  5. 5GAIKWAD KUMAR BHIVAJIIndependent · IND6210.9%
  6. 6LAD SAKHARAM BABUIndependent · IND3360.5%
  7. 7KANKI RAMCHANDRA SHANKARAPPAIndependent · IND1900.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–ICS swing
−36.8%
INC share
46.2% → 45.9%
ICS share
0.0% → 36.6%
Turnout
— → —
215. South Solapur217. Solapur City North
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