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265. Kolhapur

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-KOLHAPUR

INC 65.3%won by 34.5%PWP 30.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.6% to 34.5%.

  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.7% to 63.1%.
  • 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
4,94,379
Turnout
63.1%
Valid votes
3,11,856
Margin
1,07,664
34.52%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAJARAM DADASAHEB NIMBALKARIndian National Congress · INC2,03,63165.3%
  2. 2DAJIBA BALAVANT DESAIPWP · PWP95,96730.8%
  3. 3BAPUSAHEB ADAGONDA PATILSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP8,7662.8%
  4. 4LAXMANRAO KRISHNAJI MOREIndependent · IND2,5730.8%
  5. 5KASHIRAM RATNASAVANT DESAIIndependent · IND9190.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–PWP swing
+24.0%
INC share
51.2% → 65.3%
PWP share
40.6% → 30.8%
Turnout
67.8% → 63.1%
264. Hatkanangale266. Inner Manipur
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