Who won Jawhar in the 1980 Assembly election?

KOM LAHANU SHIDWA of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) won Jawhar in the 1980 Assembly election with 25,671 votes (49.3% vote share), a margin of 6,582 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

64. Jawhar

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1980

MH-JAWHAR

CPM 49.3%won by 12.6%INC 36.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.9% to 12.6%.

Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
Multi-cornered3 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

52,068

Margin

6,582

12.64%

Candidates

3 contested · winner CPM

1KOM LAHANU SHIDWA Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM25,67149.3%
2KIRKIRA TRYAMBAK DHAKAL Indian National Congress · INC19,08936.7%
3PATIL SAKHARAM RAMJI Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,30814.0%

Since 1978

Derived

Winner then: CPM
Winner now: CPM
CPM–INC swing: −10.2%
CPM share: 54.1% → 49.3%
INC share: 31.2% → 36.7%
Turnout: — → —

63. Dahanu 65. Shahpur

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