Constituency
274. Wardha
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-WARDHA
INCI 68.6%won by 41.0%CPM 27.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 41.0%.
- INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 68.6% of the vote here (+68.6%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 27.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.3% of the vote between them, up from 77.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 5.1% to 63.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,85,760
Turnout
63.1%
Valid votes
4,32,636
Margin
1,77,509
41.03%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INCI- 1VASANTRAO SATHEINCI · INCI2,96,97468.6%
- 2GHANGARE RAMCHANDRA MAROTRAOCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,19,46527.6%
- 3PATIL DEVIDAS BALKRUSHANRPI · RPI10,4132.4%
- 4SARATE SHRAVAN SOMAIndependent · IND3,2030.7%
- 5GOMKALE MAHADEORAO PANDURANGJIIndependent · IND2,5810.6%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INCIflipped
- INCI–CPM swing
- +41.0%
- INCI share
- 0.0% → 68.6%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 27.6%
- Turnout
- 68.2% → 63.1%