Constituency
308. Kolhapur
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-KOLHAPUR
INC 43.9%won by 12.7%SHS 31.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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%
Candidates
13 contested · winner INC- 1GAIKWAD UDAYSINGRAO NANASAHEBIndian National Congress · INC2,36,73943.9%
- 2RAMESH DEOShiv Sena · SHS1,68,41431.3%
- 3N.D. PATILPWPI · PWPI1,17,16321.7%
- 4BALASAHEB JADHAVIndependent · IND3,2910.6%
- 5BALWANT RAJEIndependent · IND2,2120.4%
- 6KHANVILKAR DHAIRYSHEEL DATTAJIRAOIndependent · IND1,9430.4%
- 7CHAFODIKAR PATIL NIVRUTTI TUKARAMIndependent · IND1,8660.3%
- 8BABAR MOHAN GANPATIIndependent · IND1,6070.3%
- 9PATIL RAMESH BHIMRAOIndependent · IND1,6060.3%
- 10PATIL HARI NARAYANIndependent · IND1,4510.3%
- 11KAMBALE LAHU GOVINDIndependent · IND9840.2%
- 12SANKAPAL SUKUMAR SHANKAR (SHAHIR)Independent · IND8880.2%
- 13SHAMRAO MALIIndependent · IND7430.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SHS swing
- −33.7%
- INC share
- 64.3% → 43.9%
- SHS share
- 17.9% → 31.3%
- Turnout
- 46.3% → 51.9%