Constituency
101. Akot
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1972
MH-AKOT
INC 52.6%won by 12.7%IND 39.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.0% to 12.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Independent (IND).
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
64,859
Margin
8,248
12.72%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1MANOHAR BHIKAJI TAYADEIndian National Congress · INC34,11452.6%
- 2BHIMRAO BHAURAO WANKHADEIndependent · IND25,86639.9%
- 3WAMAN RAOJI BHATKARRPI · RPI3,7335.8%
- 4RAJANINATH POTEFBL · FBL1,1461.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −42.5%
- INC share
- 58.0% → 52.6%
- IND share
- 2.8% → 39.9%
- Turnout
- — → —