Constituency
12. Kalgi
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1962
KA-KALGI
INC 60.5%won by 38.9%SWA 21.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 34.9% to 38.9%.
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 21.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.0% between them, down from 91.0% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
17,538
Margin
6,829
38.94%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1S. RUDRAPPAIndian National Congress · INC10,60860.5%
- 2SHARANGOWDA SIDDARAMAYYASwatantra Party · SWA3,77921.5%
- 3ABDUL KAREEMCommunist Party of India · CPI2,28513.0%
- 4DAVID RAOIndependent · IND8664.9%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SWA swing
- −24.0%
- INC share
- 63.0% → 60.5%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 21.5%
- Turnout
- — → —