Constituency
235. Jalgaon
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-JALGAON
INC 62.7%won by 42.4%PSP 20.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.6% to 42.4%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.0% of the vote between them, up from 63.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,29,930
Turnout
57.0%
Valid votes
3,01,863
Margin
1,27,969
42.39%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1KRISHNARAO MADHAVRAO PATILIndian National Congress · INC1,89,30462.7%
- 2GAJANANRAO RAGHUNATHRAO GARUDPraja Socialist Party · PSP61,33520.3%
- 3ONKAR NARAYAN WAGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP37,20212.3%
- 4KAZI AMTUL LATIF BEGUM ZAFAR ALIIndependent · IND7,1752.4%
- 5HARISH SHAMLAL MILWANIIndependent · IND4,8471.6%
- 6HEMANT SHANKAR KALEIndependent · IND2,0000.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- +19.8%
- INC share
- 42.9% → 62.7%
- PSP share
- 20.3% → 20.3%
- Turnout
- 57.8% → 57.0%