Constituency
227. Bombay North West
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-BOMBAY-NORTH-WEST
INC 59.8%won by 23.5%NCO 36.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.3% to 23.5%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 36.3% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.2% of the vote between them, up from 63.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.2% to 60.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,44,376
Turnout
60.0%
Valid votes
4,46,516
Margin
1,04,893
23.49%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1HARI RAMACHANDRA GOKHALEIndian National Congress · INC2,67,16459.8%
- 2SHANTI PATELNCO · NCO1,62,27136.3%
- 3S. S. WAGLEIndependent · IND12,1702.7%
- 4SHANKAR DNYANU KARANDEIndependent · IND1,4470.3%
- 5P. L. LOKHANDERPK · RPK1,2740.3%
- 6PHIROZE RUSTOMJI DARUVALLAIndependent · IND8960.2%
- 7GURBAX GODSON GOPEIndependent · IND8040.2%
- 8BALAKRISHNA BHASKAR PARANJAPEIndependent · IND4900.1%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–NCO swing
- −8.2%
- INC share
- 31.7% → 59.8%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 36.3%
- Turnout
- 63.2% → 60.0%