Constituency
247. Ratnagiri
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-RATNAGIRI
INC 43.9%won by 6.2%BJP 37.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 43.9% of the vote here (+43.9%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 37.7% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.6% between them, down from 91.4% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,17,107
Turnout
61.9%
Valid votes
3,82,140
Margin
23,845
6.24%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1HUSEN DALWAIIndian National Congress · INC1,67,85943.9%
- 2NATU SHRIDHAR DATTATREYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,44,01437.7%
- 3R.V. ALIAS BAHURAOJI BELOSEIndependent · IND46,72912.2%
- 4NAMDEVRAO SUTARIndependent · IND13,9773.7%
- 5G.R. KAMBLEIndependent · IND9,5612.5%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +6.2%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 43.9%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 37.7%
- Turnout
- 61.0% → 61.9%