Constituency
112. Balapur
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1980
MH-BALAPUR
INC 35.0%won by 14.5%RPK 20.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.7% to 14.5%.
- New challengerRPK (RPK) finished second with 20.5% — it did not contest here in 1978.
- Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
57,255
Margin
8,300
14.50%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1KHODE PRALHADRAO NARAYANRAOIndian National Congress · INC20,03935.0%
- 2KHANDARE SHANKAR RAO SAMBHUJIRPK · RPK11,73920.5%
- 3AKBAR VAKIL SHEIKH ABDARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP10,01217.5%
- 4DR. TIRUKH DEVIDAS NAMDEOINCU · INCU9,75817.0%
- 5GADGIL CHANDRASHEKAR SHAMBHURAOIndependent · IND3,0085.3%
- 6NAWAKAR NAMDEORAO GANPATIndependent · IND1,1352.0%
- 7GUJRATHI PRAKASHCHANDRA NATHULALIndependent · IND9111.6%
- 8KANJARKAR PRAKASH BHASKARRAOIndependent · IND4120.7%
- 9MANKIKAR LAXMIKANT KHUSHALRAOIndependent · IND2410.4%
Since 1978
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–RPK swing
- −17.3%
- INC share
- 31.8% → 35.0%
- RPK share
- 0.0% → 20.5%
- Turnout
- — → —