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Maharashtra Lok Sabha 1977

Results board · 48 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateMaharashtra
Seats
48
Constituencies
Majority
25
Seats needed of 48
Electors
2.89Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
1.74Cr
60.3% of electors
Median turnout
61.0%
Median of 48 seats
INC short
−5
Below majority · 20 − 25

[01]Seat matrix

48 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 48 seats: INC 20, BLD 19, PWPI 5, CPI(M) 3, RPIK 1. Majority line at 25 seats. Hemicycle of 48 seats: INC 20, BLD 19, PWPI 5, CPI(M) 3, RPIK 1. Majority line at 25 seats.
Majority · 25 of 48INC 20 · 5 short of majority
INC 2041.7% Indian National Congress
BLD 1939.6% Bharatiya Lok Dal
PWPI 510.4% Peasants and Workers Party of India
CPI(M) 36.3% Communist Party of India (Marxist)
RPIK 12.1% Republican Party Of India (KHOBRAGADE)

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 47.0%20 seats · 41.7%
BLD 31.4%19 seats · 39.6%
PWPI 6.1%5 seats · 10.4%
RPK 4.3%Seats unmatched
CPI(M) 3.6%3 seats · 6.3%
Others 7.6%Seat count not derivable

Vote share not published

  • RPIK1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. INC converted 47.0% of votes into 41.7% of seats, a seat deficit of 5.3 pp.

    20 ÷ 48 = 41.7% · 41.7 − 47.0 = −5.3

  2. Kolhapur was decided by 165 votes, the closest of 48 seats; Satara had the widest margin, 1,91,601.

    min / max of margin over 48 seats with a recorded margin

  3. 1 seat was won by a margin under 1%; PWPI won 1 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 1 of 48 · PWPI 1

  4. In SC-reserved seats INC won 2 of 5 (40.0%), against 41.7% of all seats.

    2 ÷ 5 = 40.0% · 20 ÷ 48 = 41.7%

  5. Turnout ran from 49.5% in Dahanu to 71.2% in Chimur; the median seat polled 61.0%.

    min / median / max over 48 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

48 of 48 seats carry a turnout
025507510061.0%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 24.2% of seats
50–60 2041.7% of seats
60–70 2450.0% of seats
70–80 24.2% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestDahanu49.5%
  • HighestChimur71.2%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

48 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Maharashtra Lok Sabha 1977, all 48 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 RajapurST Madhu Dandavate Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,39,966 1,16,382 34.2 63.3
02 Ratnagiri Parulekar Bapusaheb Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,38,221 25,300 7.5 61.7
03 Kolaba Dinkar Balu Patil Peasants and Workers Party of India 3,63,056 53,321 14.7 61.8
04 Bombay South Rajada Ratansingh Gokuldas Bharatiya Lok Dal 4,05,754 64,394 15.9 59.2
05 Bombay South Central Kamble Bapu Chandrasen Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,87,772 53,703 13.8 59.1
06 Bombay North Central Ahilya P. Rangnekar Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4,01,104 69,915 17.4 59.2
07 Bombay North EastSC Subramaniam Swamy Bharatiya Lok Dal 4,31,636 1,23,122 28.5 61.9
08 Bombay North West Ram Jethmalani Bharatiya Lok Dal 4,09,025 93,499 22.9 63.5
09 Bombay NorthSC Gore Mrinal Keshav Bharatiya Lok Dal 4,22,795 1,47,090 34.8 64.1
10 Thane Mhalgi Ramchandra Kashinath Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,99,503 82,746 20.7 55.3
11 Dahanu Kom Lahanu Shidava Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,11,918 52,666 16.9 49.5
12 NashikST Hande Vithalrao Ganpatrao Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,34,516 11,241 3.4 54.7
13 Malegaon Mahale Hari Shankar Bharatiya Lok Dal 2,86,484 15,437 5.4 51.7
14 Dhulia Patil Vijaykumar Naval Indian National Congress 3,25,324 52,149 16.0 58.8
15 Nandurbar Naik Surupsingh Hariya Indian National Congress 3,22,606 67,440 20.9 62.0
16 Erandol Patil Sonusing Dhansing Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,65,421 13,814 3.8 61.1
17 Jalgaon Borole Yashwant Mansaram Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,62,064 12,186 3.4 61.4
18 Buldhana Gawai Daulat Gunaji Republican Party Of India (KHOBRAGADE) 3,52,690 42,855 12.2 60.8
19 Akola Sathe Vasantrao Purushottam Indian National Congress 3,88,243 61,499 15.8 65.8
20 WashimST Naik Vasantrao Phulsing Indian National Congress 3,67,227 73,157 19.9 68.3
21 Amravati Bonde Nana Mahadeo Indian National Congress 3,71,352 1,60,662 43.3 63.9
22 RamtekST Barve Jatiramji Chaitramji Indian National Congress 3,75,589 42,949 11.4 64.8
23 Nagpur Awari Gev Mancharsha Indian National Congress 3,92,163 41,553 10.6 64.4
24 Bhandara Mankar Laxmanrao Bisanji Bharatiya Lok Dal 4,04,717 51,633 12.8 66.6
25 Chimur Thakur Krishnarao Dagoji Indian National Congress 4,49,794 62,969 14.0 71.2
26 Chandrapur Raje Vishveshvarrao Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,92,636 88,986 22.7 66.1
27 Wardha Gode Santoshrao Vyankatrao Indian National Congress 4,26,703 1,16,654 27.3 70.1
28 Yeotmal Jawade Shridharrao Natthobaji Indian National Congress 4,01,020 10,297 2.6 69.8
29 Hingoli Patil Chandrakant Ramkrishna Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,22,463 35,751 11.1 54.1
30 Nanded Dhondge Keshavrao Shankarrao Peasants and Workers Party of India 3,85,300 1,33,820 34.7 59.3
31 Parbhani Deshmukh Sheshrao Apparao Peasants and Workers Party of India 3,10,487 31,539 10.2 54.0
32 Jalna Pundalik Hari Danve Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,26,829 24,574 7.5 53.1
33 Aurangabad Bapu Kaldate Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,69,030 57,089 15.5 56.2
34 Beed Burande Gangadhar Appa Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,54,660 51,897 14.6 50.8
35 Latur Patil Uddhavrao Sahebrrao Peasants and Workers Party of India 3,61,142 7,851 2.2 59.7
36 Osmanabad Shrangare Tukaram Sadashiv Indian National Congress 2,81,661 61,544 21.9 49.7
37 Solapur Damani Surajratan Fatehchand Indian National Congress 3,41,870 34,043 10.0 65.1
38 PandharpurSC Thorat Sandipan Bhagwan Indian National Congress 3,18,855 98,452 30.9 51.6
39 Ahmednagar Shinde Annasaheb Pandurang Indian National Congress 3,34,072 64,813 19.4 58.1
40 Kopargaon Vikhe Eknathrao Vithalrao Indian National Congress 2,77,932 98,544 35.5 54.4
41 KhedSC Annasaheb Magar Indian National Congress 3,08,317 19,526 6.3 55.7
42 PuneSC Mohan Dharia Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,82,043 48,167 12.6 63.0
43 Baramati Sambhajirao Kakade Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,88,962 30,700 7.9 61.5
44 SataraWIDEST Chavan Yashvantrao Balwantrao Indian National Congress 3,51,552 1,91,601 54.5 60.6
45 Karad Chavan Premlabai Dajisaheb Indian National Congress 3,39,680 1,70,815 50.3 54.0
46 Sangli Gotkhinde Ganapatrao Tukaram Indian National Congress 3,37,018 56,294 16.7 59.2
47 Ichalkaranji Mane Rajaram Alias Balasaheb Shankarrao Indian National Congress 3,99,422 33,364 8.4 69.4
48 KolhapurCLOSEST Desai Dajiba Balwantrao Peasants and Workers Party of India 3,84,229 165 0.0 69.7
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,91,601 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1977 · Maharashtra · 48 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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