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Constituency

283. Sholapur

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-SHOLAPUR

INC 56.1%won by 26.9%BJP 29.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.4% to 26.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.3% of the vote between them, up from 77.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.2% to 59.1%.

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

Electorate
8,50,629
Turnout
59.1%
Valid votes
5,02,520
Margin
1,35,078
26.88%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−18.5%
INC share
61.5% 56.1%
BJP share
16.1% 29.2%
Turnout
63.3% 59.1%