Constituency
224. Bombay South
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-BOMBAY-SOUTH
INC 47.1%won by 6.7%IND 40.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 38.8% to 47.1% of the vote here (+8.3%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 40.4% — it polled just 1.0% in 1967.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.5% to 62.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,73,507
Turnout
62.1%
Valid votes
2,93,850
Margin
19,749
6.72%
Candidates
16 contested · winner INC- 1KAILAS NARAIN NARULA SHIVNARAINIndian National Congress · INC1,38,40847.1%
- 2TATA NAVAL HORMASJIIndependent · IND1,18,65940.4%
- 3FERNANDIS GEORGE JOHNSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP30,37710.3%
- 4M. S. BRIGHTRPK · RPK1,6070.5%
- 5I. S. JOHARIndependent · IND1,0740.4%
- 6K. R. BENGERIIndependent · IND6950.2%
- 7K. T. MIRCHANDANIIndependent · IND5810.2%
- 8S. R. NAIKPBI · PBI4420.2%
- 9J. M. PATNIIndependent · IND4200.1%
- 10B. M. NAVLAKHAIndependent · IND3250.1%
- 11L .G. THATTEIndependent · IND3180.1%
- 12A. K. CHAWLAIndependent · IND3150.1%
- 13R. N. MEHTAIndependent · IND2010.1%
- 14A. R. DUBEIndependent · IND1830.1%
- 15H. R. PARDIWALAIndependent · IND1550.1%
- 16J. K. SHAHIndependent · IND900.0%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- −31.1%
- INC share
- 38.8% → 47.1%
- IND share
- 1.0% → 40.4%
- Turnout
- 65.6% → 62.1%