Constituency
252. Bhir
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-BHIR
INC 69.5%won by 57.4%CPM 12.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 57.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 42.5% to 69.5% of the vote here (+27.0%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 12.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.6% between them, down from 90.4% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.1% to 47.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,70,905
Turnout
47.2%
Valid votes
2,69,273
Margin
1,54,581
57.41%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1PANDIT SAYAJIRAO TRIMBAKRAOIndian National Congress · INC1,87,13269.5%
- 2BURANDE GANGADHAR MAHARUDRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM32,55112.1%
- 3KASHINATH TATYABA JADHAVCommunist Party of India · CPI22,7878.5%
- 4RAJPALSINHA SAHEBSINHABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS14,2425.3%
- 5BANKAT MEGHRAO KANDENCO · NCO11,1554.1%
- 6RAMCHANDRA SANTRAM MORERPK · RPK1,4060.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- +14.9%
- INC share
- 42.5% → 69.5%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 12.1%
- Turnout
- 49.3% → 47.2%