Constituency
228. Bombay North East
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-BOMBAY-NORTH-EAST
INC 54.4%won by 33.6%BJS 20.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.8% to 33.6%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.2% of the vote between them, up from 45.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 5.4% to 60.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,58,986
Turnout
60.7%
Valid votes
5,21,432
Margin
1,75,279
33.61%
Candidates
12 contested · winner INC- 1RAJARAM GOPAL KULKARNI ALIAS RAJAIndian National Congress · INC2,83,79254.4%
- 2MUKUNDRAO SUNDARRAO AGASKARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,08,51320.8%
- 3K. M. CARIAPPAIndependent · IND90,11017.3%
- 4MANOHAR GOPINATH KOTWALPraja Socialist Party · PSP11,5462.2%
- 5YESHVANT BHIMRAO AMBEDKARRPK · RPK11,3472.2%
- 6SAMANT DATTAIndependent · IND10,7902.1%
- 7MANHARLAL VANECHAND SANGHAVIIndependent · IND1,7900.3%
- 8SARASWATI HASSASING BHUTANIIndependent · IND1,1110.2%
- 9HARISING NARAYANJI SODAIndependent · IND7760.1%
- 10S. MAMIBHAI DOSHIIndependent · IND6150.1%
- 11SHIVNARAYAN RAMJIIndependent · IND5750.1%
- 12PURUSHOTTAM RAMCHANDRA SATHEIndependent · IND4670.1%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- +20.8%
- INC share
- 23.6% → 54.4%
- BJS share
- 10.8% → 20.8%
- Turnout
- 66.1% → 60.7%