Constituency
257. Kopargaon
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-KOPARGAON
INC 60.7%won by 23.5%CPI 37.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.0% to 23.5%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.9% of the vote between them, up from 87.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 5.7% to 57.5%.
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Electorate
5,14,941
Turnout
57.5%
Valid votes
2,95,819
Margin
69,442
23.47%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1EKNATH VITHALRAO VIKHEIndian National Congress · INC1,79,49260.7%
- 2PUNJAJI BAPUJI KADUCommunist Party of India · CPI1,10,05037.2%
- 3BALWANT CHANGDEO TEKEPraja Socialist Party · PSP6,2772.1%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- +18.5%
- INC share
- 46.3% → 60.7%
- CPI share
- 41.3% → 37.2%
- Turnout
- 63.1% → 57.5%