Constituency
297. Ahmednagar
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-AHMEDNAGAR
INC 51.5%won by 18.3%CPI 33.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.6% to 18.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 33.3% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.8% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.7% to 59.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,67,945
Turnout
59.3%
Valid votes
2,77,354
Margin
50,640
18.26%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1A. V. PATILIndian National Congress · INC1,42,92551.5%
- 2E. L. BHAGWATCommunist Party of India · CPI92,28533.3%
- 3P. R. KANAVADEIndependent · IND42,14415.2%
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–CPI swing
- −35.0%
- INC share
- 53.3% → 51.5%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 33.3%
- Turnout
- 52.6% → 59.3%