Constituency
304. Karad
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-KARAD
INC 74.1%won by 52.0%PWP 22.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 79.7% to 52.0%.
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 12.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 8.5% to 52.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,29,569
Turnout
52.2%
Valid votes
3,28,375
Margin
1,70,815
52.02%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1CHAVAN PREMLABAI DAJISAHEBIndian National Congress · INC2,43,30574.1%
- 2DESAI BHAUSAHEB BALWANTPWP · PWP72,49022.1%
- 3KASHINATH ALIAS RAJ DADU JADHAVIndependent · IND6,6762.0%
- 4VAGHARE JINENDRA DEVAPPAIndependent · IND5,9041.8%
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–PWP swing
- −27.7%
- INC share
- 86.3% → 74.1%
- PWP share
- 6.5% → 22.1%
- Turnout
- 60.6% → 52.2%