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291. Ahmednagar

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-AHMEDNAGAR

INC 46.4%won by 1.9%IND 44.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.0% to 1.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 44.5% — it polled just 0.7% in 1989.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.9% of the vote between them, up from 83.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.3% to 60.2%.

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

Electorate
10,01,165
Turnout
60.2%
Valid votes
6,02,294
Margin
11,637
1.93%

Candidates

12 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GADAKH YESHAWANTRAOIndian National Congress · INC2,79,52046.4%
  2. 2E.V. TATHA BALASAHED VIKHE PATILIndependent · IND2,67,88344.5%
  3. 3ZARKAR RAJABHAUBharatiya Janata Party · BJP37,3306.2%
  4. 4DESHMUKH BHAGWAN RANGNATHIndependent · IND10,9131.8%
  5. 5SHEKATKAR GANPAT SAKHARAMIndependent · IND1,6070.3%
  6. 6RAUT EKNATH BABAIndependent · IND1,3380.2%
  7. 7GODREJ RUSTOM KERMANIIndependent · IND1,0530.2%
  8. 8ASHTEKAR PRAMOD NILKANTIcs (Scs) · ICSSCS9590.2%
  9. 9NAJAN RAMBHAU MARUTIIndependent · IND5060.1%
  10. 10KATE SUDHAKAR PETRASIndependent · IND4240.1%
  11. 11SARODE KISHORE DINKARDDP · DDP4020.1%
  12. 12POPAT BABURAO SAGADEIndependent · IND3590.1%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−53.4%
INC share
56.1% → 46.4%
IND share
0.7% → 44.5%
Turnout
53.8% → 60.2%
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