Constituency
278. Akola
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-AKOLA
INC 55.4%won by 16.4%BLD 39.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.7% to 16.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 39.1% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.6% to 63.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,89,719
Turnout
63.8%
Valid votes
3,76,008
Margin
61,499
16.36%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1SATHE VASANTRAO PURUSHOTTAMIndian National Congress · INC2,08,46855.4%
- 2LAHANE MOTIRAM UDAYBHANJIBLD · BLD1,46,96939.1%
- 3ABDULLAKHAN MANJAR MANWARKHANIndependent · IND5,1911.4%
- 4SAPKAL RAMRAO WAMANRAOIndependent · IND5,0801.4%
- 5MADHUKAR VISHWANATH SAWARKARIndependent · IND4,5011.2%
- 6BUNDELE GIRDHAR LAXMANIndependent · IND4,2581.1%
- 7SITARAM BISESHARLALIndependent · IND1,5410.4%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BLD swing
- −53.6%
- INC share
- 70.0% → 55.4%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 39.1%
- Turnout
- 67.4% → 63.8%