Constituency
251. Bombay South Central
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-BOMBAY-SOUTH-CENTRAL
IND 35.9%won by 2.3%INC 33.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndependent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.9% to 2.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 33.6% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 69.5% of the vote between them, up from 63.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.6% to 55.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,99,411
Turnout
55.8%
Valid votes
4,46,064
Margin
10,466
2.35%
Candidates
14 contested · winner IND- 1VAMANRAO MAHADIKIndependent · IND1,60,16735.9%
- 2DADASAHEB RUPWATEIndian National Congress · INC1,49,70133.6%
- 3DATTA SAMANTJanata Dal · JD1,21,99527.3%
- 4JAIN KUNDANMAL KHIMRAJIndependent · IND4,1710.9%
- 5NAMDEO DHASALIndependent · IND4,0070.9%
- 6BAPU CHANDRASEN KAMBLEIndependent · IND1,2220.3%
- 7LAXMAN ALIAS RAJESHJANKU BHALERAORPK · RPK9580.2%
- 8MOON MALA RUSHIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP9020.2%
- 9KASHINATH SARJERAO SHINDEIndependent · IND8870.2%
- 10SINGH RAM JANAM BALADDP · DDP7270.2%
- 11ANSARI ABDUL HAMEED (GOGA)Lkd (B) · LKDB5370.1%
- 12BANDU SHINGRE ALIAS SHINGRE GURUJIIndependent · IND4040.1%
- 13KANOJIYA RADHEYSHYAM MUNNILALIndependent · IND2470.1%
- 14NAIQUE GOVINDA SUBRAIIndependent · IND1390.0%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- IND
- IND–INC swing
- −38.9%
- IND share
- 41.3% → 35.9%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 33.6%
- Turnout
- 59.4% → 55.8%