Constituency
262. Karad
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-KARAD
INC 86.3%won by 79.7%PWP 6.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 53.5% to 79.7%.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 8.5% to 60.6%.
- 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
5,03,710
Turnout
60.6%
Valid votes
3,05,307
Margin
2,43,463
79.74%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1DAJISAHEB RAMRAO CHAVANIndian National Congress · INC2,63,35686.3%
- 2VITHAL RAMCHANDRA BARAVADEPWP · PWP19,8936.5%
- 3DNYANDEV PANDURANG YADAVNCO · NCO10,1263.3%
- 4BATANE BABURAO VISHWANATHIndependent · IND5,5741.8%
- 5RAMCHANDRA VITHOBA SALUNKHEIndependent · IND3,1891.0%
- 6JINENDRA DEVAPPA VATHAREIndependent · IND3,1691.0%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PWP swing
- +26.3%
- INC share
- 74.7% → 86.3%
- PWP share
- 21.2% → 6.5%
- Turnout
- 69.1% → 60.6%