Constituency
18. Shahpur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1962
KA-SHAHPUR
SWA 59.5%won by 19.1%INC 40.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 19.1%.
- SWA vote shareSWA went from 0.0% to 59.5% of the vote here (+59.5%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 40.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 0.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
20,009
Margin
3,821
19.10%
Candidates
2 contested · winner SWA- 1MAHANTSWAMI VERUPAKSHAYASwatantra Party · SWA11,91559.5%
- 2VIRUPAKSHAPPAIndian National Congress · INC8,09440.5%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SWAflipped
- SWA–INC swing
- +19.1%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 59.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 40.5%
- Turnout
- — → —