Constituency
295. Sholapur
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-SHOLAPUR
INC 43.0%won by 8.7%IND 34.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.9% to 8.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from HMS (HMS) to Independent (IND).
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,45,183
Turnout
60.9%
Valid votes
2,71,266
Margin
23,713
8.74%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1S. F. DAMANIIndian National Congress · INC1,16,73443.0%
- 2S. M . DHANASHETTIIndependent · IND93,02134.3%
- 3J. A. S. M. HUSENSwatantra Party · SWA31,69711.7%
- 4C. K. CHANDELEIndependent · IND20,3957.5%
- 5H. A. BABALESHWARIndependent · IND8,0913.0%
- 6B. R. RATHIIndependent · IND1,3280.5%
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–IND swing
- −31.0%
- INC share
- 53.3% → 43.0%
- IND share
- 13.6% → 34.3%
- Turnout
- 59.3% → 60.9%