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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 63Reserved (ST)

DahanuAssembly by-election result, 1998

Ghoda Krishna Arjun (INC) won Dahanu in the 1998 assembly by-election with 45.2% of the vote, beating Dhodi Ishwar Kisan (SHS) by 15,197 votes.

Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1978 election. In 1972, seat no. 63 was Sinnar. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2004. From 2009, seat no. 63 is Arjuni-Morgaon. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

Ghoda Krishna Arjun
INC 45.2%SHS 27.8%2 others 27.0%
Votes
39,326
45.2% share
Winning margin
15,197
17.5% of votes
Candidates
4

A comfortable win — Ghoda Krishna Arjun won by 17.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
Ghoda Krishna Arjun
39,32645.2%
2
Dhodi Ishwar Kisan
24,12927.8%
3
Mangat Barkya Vanshya
13,83215.9%
4
Dhodade Kaluram Kakdya
9,64311.1%

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A comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
17.5%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
A crowded field

The top three took 89% of the votes.

Parties in the race 3.13

How did the vote split?

SEAT
45.2%won by INC
INC 45.2%SHS 27.8%CPM 15.9%SP 11.1%

This seat number was reused from 2009. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2009, so they are not shown for earlier elections.

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Who has won Dahanu, 1978–2004

  1. 1978CHAVAN SHANKAR MARYA (CPM), margin 8.6%
  2. 1980KADU MAHADEO GOPAL (INC(I)), margin 15.3%
  3. 1985NAM SHANKAR SAKHARAM (INC), margin 45.3%
  4. 1990NAM SHANKAR SAKHARAM (INC), margin 18.2%
  5. 1995NAM SHANKAR SAKHARAM (INC), margin 16.0%
  6. 1999GHODA KRISHNA ARJUN (NCP), margin 10.1%
  7. 2004KRISHNA ARJUN GHODA (NCP), margin 17.0%