Who won Sawantwadi in the 1972 Assembly election?

PRATAP RAO DEO RAO BHOSALE of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Sawantwadi in the 1972 Assembly election with 27,647 votes (62.7% vote share), a margin of 16,900 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

1. Sawantwadi

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1972

MH-SAWANTWADI

INC 62.7%won by 38.3%SOP 24.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 42.9% to 38.3%.

Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 24.4% — it did not contest here in 1967.

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

44,116

Margin

16,900

38.31%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC

1PRATAP RAO DEO RAO BHOSALE Indian National Congress · INC27,64762.7%
2JAYA NAND SHIV RAM MATHKAR SOP · SOP10,74724.4%
3GANPAT SITARAM KALESKAR Bharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,29412.0%
4K. R. SAWANT ALIAST DESAI Independent · IND4281.0%

Since 1967

Derived

Winner then: INC
Winner now: INC
INC–SOP swing: −28.0%
INC share: 66.3% → 62.7%
SOP share: 0.0% → 24.4%
Turnout: — → —

2. Vengurla

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