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251. Aurangabad

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-AURANGABAD

INC 72.9%won by 55.3%BJS 17.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.9% to 55.3%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.5% of the vote between them, up from 55.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.0% to 50.3%.

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

Electorate
5,30,926
Turnout
50.3%
Valid votes
2,67,240
Margin
1,47,911
55.35%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MANIK RAO PALODKARIndian National Congress · INC1,94,92672.9%
  2. 2RAM BHAU EKNATH GAVANDEBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS47,01517.6%
  3. 3SAHEB SHIVRAM BALA MORERPK · RPK11,3984.3%
  4. 4MOHD. ZAFAR KHAN BAHABAR KHANIndependent · IND10,6384.0%
  5. 5KANHIRAM URUDAYAL BATHODIndependent · IND2,1460.8%
  6. 6SK. KASIM SK. SAJANIndependent · IND1,1170.4%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
+24.6%
INC share
39.8% → 72.9%
BJS share
9.1% → 17.6%
Turnout
43.3% → 50.3%
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