Constituency
232. Bhawani Peth
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1972
MH-BHAWANI-PETH
INC 56.6%won by 33.6%SOP 23.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.2% to 33.6%.
- New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 23.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.7% between them, down from 86.6% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
61,245
Margin
20,552
33.56%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1MEMJADE TIKAMDAS DADURAMIndian National Congress · INC34,67756.6%
- 2KESHAVKANTJI JANJOTSOP · SOP14,12523.1%
- 3RAGHUNATH R. HOLKARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,44412.2%
- 4KAMBLE BAJIRAO DASHRATHRPI · RPI3,9146.4%
- 5R. C. KUMBLERPK · RPK5610.9%
- 6TUKARAM SITARAM LONAREIndependent · IND5240.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SOP swing
- −19.4%
- INC share
- 52.9% → 56.6%
- SOP share
- 0.0% → 23.1%
- Turnout
- — → —