Constituency
221. Rajapur
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-RAJAPUR
PSP 46.0%won by 1.5%INC 44.5%
What changed here
DerivedPraja Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.6% to 1.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.3% to 53.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,99,365
Turnout
53.8%
Valid votes
2,14,864
Margin
3,194
1.49%
Candidates
4 contested · winner PSP- 1MADHU DANDAVATEPraja Socialist Party · PSP98,74746.0%
- 2SHIWARAM SAWANI KHEM SAWANA BHONSALEIndian National Congress · INC95,55344.5%
- 3SHARADA MUKERJEENCO · NCO13,5656.3%
- 4PATEL PURUSHOTTAM SOMBHAIIndependent · IND6,9993.3%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- PSP
- PSP–INC swing
- −25.1%
- PSP share
- 57.1% → 46.0%
- INC share
- 30.4% → 44.5%
- Turnout
- 56.0% → 53.8%