Constituency
253. Rajapur
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-RAJAPUR
INC 43.3%won by 11.9%SHS 31.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 11.9%.
- New challengerShiv Sena (SHS) finished second with 31.4% — it did not contest here in 1989.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.8% between them, down from 96.5% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 13.6% to 48.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,55,126
Turnout
48.0%
Valid votes
3,62,816
Margin
43,046
11.86%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SUDHIR SAWANTIndian National Congress · INC1,57,13543.3%
- 2VAMANRAO MAHADIKShiv Sena · SHS1,14,08931.4%
- 3MADHU DANDAVATEJanata Dal · JD87,11724.0%
- 4WARANG BHALCHANDRA KESHEVIndependent · IND3,4951.0%
- 5SOHAN PRASAD RAMDDP · DDP9800.3%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SHS swing
- −31.7%
- INC share
- 43.6% → 43.3%
- SHS share
- 0.0% → 31.4%
- Turnout
- 61.7% → 48.0%