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Constituency

308. Kolhapur

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-KOLHAPUR

INC 43.9%won by 12.7%SHS 31.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 46.4% to 12.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.2% between them, down from 82.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.6% to 51.9%.

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

Electorate
10,38,333
Turnout
51.9%
Valid votes
5,38,907
Margin
68,325
12.68%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSHS swing
−33.7%
INC share
64.3% 43.9%
SHS share
17.9% 31.3%
Turnout
46.3% 51.9%