Constituency
278. Khamgaon
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-KHAMGAON
INC 56.9%won by 23.0%RPI 33.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.8% to 23.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerRPI (RPI) finished second with 33.9% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.8% of the vote between them, up from 81.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.6% to 66.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,96,280
Turnout
66.7%
Valid votes
3,31,231
Margin
76,295
23.03%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1A. S. KASTUREIndian National Congress · INC1,88,45056.9%
- 2D. B. DABHADERPI · RPI1,12,15533.9%
- 3D. G. HIWALEIndependent · IND30,6269.2%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–RPI swing
- −30.8%
- INC share
- 53.8% → 56.9%
- RPI share
- 0.0% → 33.9%
- Turnout
- 61.1% → 66.7%