GEN · Maharashtra
CHANDA
Abdul Shafi (INC) won by 12,284 votes (3.8%).
- Electors
- 5,20,311
- Votes polled
- 3,43,096
- Valid votes
- 3,25,223
- Turnout
- 65.9%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 3.8% (median 21.5%). Back to Maharashtra · 1971 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Marginal (2–5%)Flipped vs 1967
- Margin · 1971
- 3.8%(-2.3%)
- Turnout
- 65.9%(+3.6%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 95.7%
Winning margin over time · CHANDA
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdul ShafiWinner | INC | 1,61,707 | 49.7% |
| 2 | Atram Raje Vishweshwarrao Dharmarao | IND | 1,49,423 | 45.9% |
| 3 | Vithalrao Laxmanrao Deotale | PSP | 8,230 | 2.5% |
| 4 | Ganpatrao Govindrao Amrutkar | CPI | 3,294 | 1.0% |
| 5 | Sitaram Haridas Selmek | IND | 2,569 | 0.8% |
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