Constituency
254. Sholapur
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-SHOLAPUR
INC 65.8%won by 31.5%IND 34.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1SURAJRATAN FATEHCHAND DAMANIIndian National Congress · INC1,88,57765.8%
- 2RANGNATH MADHAV VAIDYAIndependent · IND98,14834.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- +22.8%
- INC share
- 43.0% → 65.8%
- IND share
- 34.3% → 34.2%
- Turnout
- 60.9% → 61.0%