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Constituency

254. Bombay North West

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-BOMBAY-NORTH-WEST

INC 46.1%won by 10.6%BJP 35.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.4% to 10.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.6% between them, down from 91.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
12,24,733
Turnout
56.0%
Valid votes
6,86,003
Margin
72,574
10.58%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−19.8%
INC share
60.7% 46.1%
BJP share
30.3% 35.5%
Turnout
58.0% 56.0%