| Lanja | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| Established | 1962 |
| Abolished | 1972 |
| Total electors | 67,646 |
Lanja Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in the India state of Maharashtra.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Shashishenkar Kashinath Athalye | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1972 | Shiwajirao Sawant | Indian National Congress | |
Election results
[edit]Assembly Election 1972
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shiwajirao Sawant | 21,939 | 56.97% |  23.76
| |
| SSP | Jagannathrao Jadhao | 11,308 | 29.36% | New | |
| INC(O) | Vanjare Nana | 2,376 | 6.17% | New | |
| Independent | Gopal Kashinath Surve | 734 | 1.91% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 10,631 | 27.60% | 16.86
| ||
| Turnout | 38,513 | 53.75% |  2.12
| ||
| Registered electors | 67,646 | 5.63
| |||
| INC gain from PSP | Swing | 13.02
|
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Assembly Election 1967
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSP | Shashishenkar Kashinath Athalye | 16,620 | 43.95% | 3.19
| |
| INC | Shiwajirao Sawant | 12,556 | 33.20% | 11.83
| |
| Independent | R. R. Kamble | 5,539 | 14.65% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 4,064 | 10.75% | 15.02
| ||
| Turnout | 37,816 | 54.21% | 22.09
| ||
| Registered electors | 64,039 | 16.70
| |||
| PSP hold | Swing | 3.19
|
|||
Assembly Election 1962
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSP | Shashishenkar Kashinath Athalye | 9,562 | 47.14% | New | |
| INC | Anna Shripat Vishwasrao | 4,336 | 21.38% | New | |
| PWPI | Narayan Babu Chaugule | 2,669 | 13.16% | New | |
| ABJS | Purushottam Pandurang Chawan | 1,958 | 9.65% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 5,226 | 25.77% | |||
| Turnout | 20,283 | 33.76% | |||
| Registered electors | 54,876 | ||||
| PSP win (new seat) | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
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