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256. Ahmednagar

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-AHMEDNAGAR

INC 54.8%won by 17.2%IND 37.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.3% to 17.2%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.4% of the vote between them, up from 84.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.8% to 55.5%.

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

Electorate
5,00,698
Turnout
55.5%
Valid votes
2,77,789
Margin
47,843
17.22%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ANNASAHEB PANDURANG SHINDEIndian National Congress · INC1,52,26254.8%
  2. 2PRABHAKAR KONDAJI BHAPKARIndependent · IND1,04,41937.6%
  3. 3MOHANRAO ABASAHEB GADEIndependent · IND15,0815.4%
  4. 4VITHAL RANGNATH GHULEIndependent · IND4,6421.7%
  5. 5BAJARANG NILKANTH ASHTEKARIndependent · IND1,3850.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−19.1%
INC share
51.5% → 54.8%
IND share
15.2% → 37.6%
Turnout
59.3% → 55.5%
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