Constituency
246. Yeotmal
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-YEOTMAL
INC 53.9%won by 9.2%FBL 44.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.9% to 9.2%.
- New challengerFBL (FBL) finished second with 44.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.6% of the vote between them, up from 91.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.3% to 75.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,06,705
Turnout
75.1%
Valid votes
3,80,488
Margin
35,038
9.21%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SADASHIORAO BAPUJI THAKREIndian National Congress · INC2,05,08653.9%
- 2JAMBUWANTRAO BAPURAOJI DHOTEFBL · FBL1,70,04844.7%
- 3M. KHURSHIDBHAICommunist Party of India · CPI2,4470.6%
- 4JAINARAYAN BHATRAO AHIRPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,9770.5%
- 5AMJADALI UMRAOALIIndependent · IND9300.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–FBL swing
- −38.4%
- INC share
- 47.6% → 53.9%
- FBL share
- 0.0% → 44.7%
- Turnout
- 72.8% → 75.1%