Constituency
297. Karad
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-KARAD
INC 54.5%won by 18.5%JD 36.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.1% to 18.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 36.0% — it polled just 0.9% in 1989.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 7.9% to 51.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,64,559
Turnout
51.8%
Valid votes
4,99,770
Margin
92,380
18.48%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1CHAVAN PRITHVIRAJ DAJISHAHEBIndian National Congress · INC2,72,44054.5%
- 2NAGNNATH NAIKAWADIJanata Dal · JD1,80,06036.0%
- 3RAJABHAU DESHPANDEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP30,9876.2%
- 4PATIL VISHWASRAO RAMRAOJanahitha Paksha · JP7,4761.5%
- 5DABANE VASANT KUNDLIKIndependent · IND3,3820.7%
- 6CHAVAN MUDSINGH KESARSINGHDDP · DDP2,1770.4%
- 7PATIL PUNDLIK HARIIndependent · IND1,2500.3%
- 8MALI SURYAKANT YESHAWANTIndependent · IND7820.2%
- 9YADAV KRISHNARAO SHIVRAMIndependent · IND7370.1%
- 10SAWANT SAMPATRAO SITARAMIndependent · IND4790.1%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JD swing
- −40.9%
- INC share
- 60.2% → 54.5%
- JD share
- 0.9% → 36.0%
- Turnout
- 59.7% → 51.8%