Constituency
262. Kolaba
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-KOLABA
PWP 57.7%won by 15.4%INC 42.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to PWP (PWP), which now leads by 15.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- PWP vote sharePWP went from 28.2% to 57.7% of the vote here (+29.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 72.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,87,580
Turnout
58.8%
Valid votes
3,45,605
Margin
53,321
15.43%
Candidates
2 contested · winner PWP- 1DINKAR BALU PATILPWP · PWP1,99,46357.7%
- 2SHANKAR BABAJI SAWANTIndian National Congress · INC1,46,14242.3%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- PWPflipped
- PWP–INC swing
- +31.3%
- PWP share
- 28.2% → 57.7%
- INC share
- 44.0% → 42.3%
- Turnout
- 57.3% → 58.8%