Constituency
261. Rajapur
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-RAJAPUR
SHS 44.8%won by 15.3%INC 29.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Shiv Sena (SHS), which now leads by 15.3%.
- SHS vote shareSHS went from 31.4% to 44.8% of the vote here (+13.4%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.2% to 54.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,96,189
Turnout
54.3%
Valid votes
4,32,059
Margin
66,136
15.31%
Candidates
6 contested · winner SHS- 1SURESH PRABHUShiv Sena · SHS1,93,56644.8%
- 2SUDHIR SAWANTIndian National Congress · INC1,27,43029.5%
- 3MADHU DANDAVATEJanata Dal · JD82,93319.2%
- 4SUBHASH SHIRODKARIndependent · IND24,0445.6%
- 5SUBHASH SHIVAPPA HEREKARIndependent · IND2,1820.5%
- 6BASHIR KASHIM SHAIKHIndependent · IND1,9040.4%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SHSflipped
- SHS–INC swing
- +27.2%
- SHS share
- 31.4% → 44.8%
- INC share
- 43.3% → 29.5%
- Turnout
- 48.0% → 54.3%