Constituency

230. Dahanu

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-DAHANU

INC 56.9%won by 41.5%CPM 15.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.5% to 41.5%.

New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 15.4% — it did not contest here in 1967.
Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.2% between them, down from 79.4% — the field split more ways.
TurnoutTurnout fell 4.2% to 48.5%.

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

Electorate

4,64,763

Turnout

48.5%

Valid votes

2,25,528

Margin

93,600

41.50%