Constituency
279. Akola
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-AKOLA
INC 54.8%won by 13.5%RPI 41.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.5% to 13.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerRPI (RPI) finished second with 41.3% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.2% of the vote between them, up from 78.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.4% to 66.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,13,828
Turnout
66.8%
Valid votes
3,43,314
Margin
46,295
13.48%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1K. M. A. H. SARDARKHANIndian National Congress · INC1,88,24854.8%
- 2S. S. KHANDARERPI · RPI1,41,95341.3%
- 3V. N. WANKHADEIndependent · IND10,0322.9%
- 4D. S. SHIRSATIndependent · IND3,0810.9%
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
- −33.9%
- INC share
- 47.4% → 54.8%
- RPI share
- 0.0% → 41.3%
- Turnout
- 63.4% → 66.8%