Constituency
253. Walva
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1972
MH-WALVA
INC 88.2%won by 80.2%PWP 8.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 28.3% to 80.2%.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
74,385
Margin
59,644
80.18%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1PATIL RAJARAM ANANTIndian National Congress · INC65,60788.2%
- 2SHINDE VASANT SHANKARPWP · PWP5,9638.0%
- 3JOSHI RAJARAM GANAPATIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,8153.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PWP swing
- +51.9%
- INC share
- 63.8% → 88.2%
- PWP share
- 35.5% → 8.0%
- Turnout
- — → —