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State: Maharashtra
Constituency: Akola
Total Votes Polled: 647675
Winner: BJP Phundkar Pandurang Pundlik 221094
Runner Up: RPI Ambedkar Prakash Yeshwant 212041
Margin: 9053 (1.42%)

Even in 1977 when the north was swept by the Janata wave, this constituency remained faithful to the Congress, its MP being none other than Vasant Sathe. Madhusudan Vairale -- actress Kiran's pa -- was the last Congressman to win from this seat, his two-time stint as MP ending in 1989 when the constituency elected Pandurang Pundalik of the BJP. In 1996 he was elected for the third consecutive time, and he defeated B R Ambedkar's grandson, Prakash of the Republican Party of India.

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