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Bombay North Central #6GEN
Won
Ahilya P. Rangnekar
CPIM Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)Margin
69,915 17.4 pp
votes
over Bhandare R. D. (INC)
The contest
Electors6,77,049
Votes polled4,01,104
Turnout59.2%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors4.13 L61.0% of electorate
Female electors2.64 L39.0% of electorate
Sex ratio
639females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahilya P. Rangnekar | CPIM | 2,28,123 | 56.90% | |
| 2 | Bhandare R. D. | INC | 1,58,208 | 39.40% | |
| 3 | S. K. Ramaswami | IND | 2,500 | 0.60% | |
| 4 | Kamla Ramaswami | IND | 1,943 | 0.50% | |
| 5 | Ramji Shivnarayan | IND | 1,859 | 0.50% | |
| 6 | Govindram L. Bhatia | IND | 1,256 | 0.30% | |
| 7 | S. S. Nawab | IND | 1,094 | 0.30% | |
| 8 | Hanmant Dhyanu Phadtare | IND | 309 | 0.10% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 5,812, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 395,292 · NOTA n/a · published 401,104 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1977
- Publisher
- Election Commission of India
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- 2026-09-12