Constituency
26. Jamkhandi
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1962
KA-JAMKHANDI
INC 63.7%won by 30.6%LSS 33.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.3% to 30.6%.
- New challengerLSS (LSS) finished second with 33.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
35,747
Margin
10,932
30.58%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1BASAPPA DANAPPA JATTIIndian National Congress · INC22,77663.7%
- 2MAHADEVAPPA SHIVAPPA MURAGODLSS · LSS11,84433.1%
- 3GURUSANGAPPA CHANDRAMAPPA MALAGARJS · JS1,1273.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–LSS swing
- −24.6%
- INC share
- 55.2% → 63.7%
- LSS share
- 0.0% → 33.1%
- Turnout
- — → —