Constituency
260. Rajapur
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-RAJAPUR
BLD 67.9%won by 35.8%INC 32.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 35.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BLD vote shareBLD went from 0.0% to 67.9% of the vote here (+67.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 90.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.8% to 60.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,36,761
Turnout
60.6%
Valid votes
3,25,328
Margin
1,16,382
35.77%
Candidates
2 contested · winner BLD- 1MADHU DANDAVATEBLD · BLD2,20,85567.9%
- 2GOPALRAO MAYEKARIndian National Congress · INC1,04,47332.1%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +80.2%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 67.9%
- INC share
- 44.5% → 32.1%
- Turnout
- 53.8% → 60.6%