Constituency
263. Kolaba
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-KOLABA
INC 34.1%won by 0.6%SHS 33.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.4% to 0.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from PWP (PWP) to Shiv Sena (SHS).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.6% between them, down from 74.7% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.2% to 57.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,85,702
Turnout
57.6%
Valid votes
6,25,231
Margin
4,007
0.64%
Candidates
15 contested · winner INC- 1ANTULAY ABDUL RAHIMAN A. GAFOORIndian National Congress · INC2,13,18734.1%
- 2TARE ANANT WAMANShiv Sena · SHS2,09,18033.5%
- 3DATTA PATILPWPI · PWPI1,84,66429.5%
- 4BHAI DATTA PATILIndependent · IND4,2100.7%
- 5DANI CHANDRAKANT LAXMIRAMIndependent · IND1,9720.3%
- 6SHETKARI DATTA PATILIndependent · IND1,9530.3%
- 7KAWARE LIYAKAT A. RAHIMANIndependent · IND1,6960.3%
- 8BHAI SHETYEIndependent · IND1,4940.2%
- 9BASHETTI SUBHASH GURAPPAIndependent · IND1,4910.2%
- 10RAJU SHAH (SAMPADAK)Independent · IND1,2820.2%
- 11DATTA PATILIndependent · IND9780.2%
- 12BHOIR SHANKAR NARAYANIndependent · IND9480.2%
- 13SHAH RATILAL LALLUDASIndependent · IND8160.1%
- 14DWARKANATH PATIL (SIR)Independent · IND8140.1%
- 15BALLAL GOVIND PURANIKIndependent · IND5460.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SHS swing
- −22.3%
- INC share
- 41.0% → 34.1%
- SHS share
- 18.1% → 33.5%
- Turnout
- 54.4% → 57.6%