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Opera House

Name: Opera House
Address: IN

Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Election 1978

108,701

Electors

71,068

Votes polled

65.38%

Turnout

26,857

Margin

Winner

Mehta Jayawantiben Navinchandra

Female

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Mehta Jayawantiben Navinchandra Won Female	JnP	43,625	61.38%
2	Pramod Navalkar Male	SHS	16,768	23.59%
3	Ankleshwaria Ramanlal Chhotalal Male	INC	7,128	10.03%
4	P.N. Shah Male	INC(I)	3,547	4.99%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2004	Arvinda Nerkar Male SHS	—	Kisan Jadhav Male INC	—
1999	Padwal Chandrakant Shankar Male SHS	50.74%	Kisan Baburao Jadhav Male INC	40.44%
1995	Padwal Chandrakant Shankar Male SHS	64.07%	Sujata Dhawale Female INC	31.05%
1990	Padwal Chandrakant Shankar Male SHS	52.69%	Prabhu Chandrashekhar Male INC	35.81%
1985	Chandrashekhar Prabhu Male INC	45.98%	Gajanan Damodar Vartak Male IND	27.77%
1980	Mehta Jaywantiben Navinchandra Female BJP	61.33%	Brid Shantaram Sakharam Male INC(I)	37.80%
1978	Mehta Jayawantiben Navinchandra Female JnP	61.38%	Pramod Navalkar Male SHS	23.59%