Constituency
262. Rajapur
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-RAJAPUR
PSP 57.1%won by 26.6%INC 30.4%
What changed here
DerivedPraja Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.8% to 26.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.5% of the vote between them, up from 80.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 12.2% to 56.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,96,063
Turnout
56.0%
Valid votes
2,21,993
Margin
59,084
26.62%
Candidates
3 contested · winner PSP- 1N. B. PAIPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,26,65357.1%
- 2S. S. AJAGAONKARIndian National Congress · INC67,56930.4%
- 3R. T. KANGUTKARPWP · PWP27,77112.5%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- PSP
- PSP–INC swing
- +8.9%
- PSP share
- 48.9% → 57.1%
- INC share
- 31.1% → 30.4%
- Turnout
- 43.8% → 56.0%