Constituency
281. Ramtek
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-RAMTEK
INC 54.1%won by 11.8%IND 42.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 68.7% to 11.8%.
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 29.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 42.3% — it polled just 1.2% in 1971.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,80,036
Turnout
62.8%
Valid votes
3,64,363
Margin
42,949
11.79%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1BARVE JATIRAMJI CHAITRAMJIIndian National Congress · INC1,96,97754.1%
- 2RAM HEDAOOIndependent · IND1,54,02842.3%
- 3JAJN KESHRICHAND KANHAIYALALIndependent · IND10,4192.9%
- 4ALKA UTTAMRAO PANDEIndependent · IND1,8640.5%
- 5LODHI LAKHANLAL BABULALIndependent · IND1,0750.3%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −70.0%
- INC share
- 83.0% → 54.1%
- IND share
- 1.2% → 42.3%
- Turnout
- 64.0% → 62.8%