Constituency
300. Kolhapur
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-KOLHAPUR
INC 64.3%won by 46.4%SHS 17.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.9% to 46.4%.
- New challengerShiv Sena (SHS) finished second with 17.9% — it did not contest here in 1989.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.2% between them, down from 98.1% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 11.7% to 46.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,05,091
Turnout
46.3%
Valid votes
4,19,075
Margin
1,94,331
46.37%
Candidates
16 contested · winner INC- 1GAIKWAD UDAYSINGRAO NANASAHEBIndian National Congress · INC2,69,50864.3%
- 2PHALAKE RAMCHANDRA SHRIPATRAOShiv Sena · SHS75,17717.9%
- 3INGAVALE VISHNUPANT ANANDRAOPWP · PWP58,27313.9%
- 4BALASAHEB NAMDEV MOREIndependent · IND4,3301.0%
- 5KAULAVE SHANKAR KRISHNAJanata Party · JNP2,7560.7%
- 6MIRAJKAR JAYAVANT PARASHARAMIndependent · IND2,0720.5%
- 7PATIL RAGHUNATH SIDGONDAIndependent · IND1,1270.3%
- 8GANDHI PREMCHAND HANSRAJIndependent · IND1,0380.2%
- 9KAMBALE DEVADAS GOVINDIndependent · IND9060.2%
- 10OSWAL AMRUTLAL KHEMCHANDIndependent · IND7750.2%
- 11CHAVAN VASANTRAO DATTATRAYAIndependent · IND7270.2%
- 12KAVADAMAL JESUMAL RUPEJAIndependent · IND6670.2%
- 13NAMDEV GOVIND DESAI (KAMBALE)Independent · IND5670.1%
- 14BABASO TAYAPPA BANAGEIndependent · IND4630.1%
- 15RAMLAKHAN VARMADDP · DDP3730.1%
- 16PUNDALIK DADU KAMBALEIndependent · IND3160.1%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SHS swing
- −6.6%
- INC share
- 53.0% → 64.3%
- SHS share
- 0.0% → 17.9%
- Turnout
- 58.0% → 46.3%