EElectionLens
Constituency

226. Bombay Central

Community mirror

Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-BOMBAY-CENTRAL

INC 61.3%won by 28.3%SHS 33.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.0% to 28.3%.

  • New challengerShiv Sena (SHS) finished second with 33.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.4% of the vote between them, up from 89.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.8% to 64.0%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
5,50,555
Turnout
64.0%
Valid votes
3,52,284
Margin
99,542
28.26%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1R. D. BHANDAREIndian National Congress · INC2,16,11461.3%
  2. 2MANOHAR JOSHIShiv Sena · SHS1,16,57233.1%
  3. 3B. C. KAMBLEIndependent · IND15,1444.3%
  4. 4GANGARAM DASHARATH GHOKSHERPK · RPK2,7440.8%
  5. 5RAMASWAMY KAMALAIndependent · IND9220.3%
  6. 6YESHWANT TRIMBAK PRADHANIndependent · IND7880.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SHS swing
−17.2%
INC share
45.5% → 61.3%
SHS share
0.0% → 33.1%
Turnout
66.8% → 64.0%
225. Bombay Central South227. Bombay North West
Back to the Lok Sabha 1971 explorer