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248. Ratnagiri

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-RATNAGIRI

INC 49.1%won by 3.8%BJP 45.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.2% to 3.8%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.5% of the vote between them, up from 81.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.2% to 64.1%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
7,64,262
Turnout
64.1%
Valid votes
4,90,126
Margin
18,488
3.77%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1NIKAM GOVIND SAWAJIIndian National Congress · INC2,40,75949.1%
  2. 2NATUSHRIDHAR DATTARAYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,22,27145.3%
  3. 3KAMBALE BAPU CHANDRASENIndependent · IND11,8322.4%
  4. 4CHAVHAN BARKHUDDP · DDP9,3411.9%
  5. 5KAMBALE LAXMAN SANTUBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,9231.2%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−2.5%
INC share
43.9% → 49.1%
BJP share
37.7% → 45.3%
Turnout
61.9% → 64.1%
247. Rajapur249. Kolaba
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