Constituency
261. Ratnagiri
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-RATNAGIRI
BLD 53.9%won by 7.9%INC 46.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 7.9%.
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 53.9% of the vote here (+53.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 92.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.0% to 58.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,48,334
Turnout
58.5%
Valid votes
3,20,708
Margin
25,300
7.89%
Candidates
2 contested · winner BLD- 1PARULEKAR BAPUSAHEBBLD · BLD1,73,00453.9%
- 2PEJE SANTARAM LAXMANIndian National Congress · INC1,47,70446.1%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +70.5%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 53.9%
- INC share
- 62.6% → 46.1%
- Turnout
- 56.5% → 58.5%