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Constituency

254. Sholapur

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-SHOLAPUR

INC 65.8%won by 31.5%IND 34.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.7% to 31.5%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 77.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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

Electorate
4,70,179
Turnout
61.0%
Valid votes
2,86,725
Margin
90,429
31.54%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
+22.8%
INC share
43.0% 65.8%
IND share
34.3% 34.2%
Turnout
60.9% 61.0%