Constituency
131. Arkalgud
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1962
KA-ARKALGUD
INC 57.5%won by 21.5%PSP 36.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 21.5%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 44.5% to 57.5% of the vote here (+13.0%).
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 36.0% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 93.5% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
32,985
Margin
7,097
21.52%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1G. A. THIMMAPPA GOWDAIndian National Congress · INC18,96757.5%
- 2H. N. NANJE GOWDAPraja Socialist Party · PSP11,87036.0%
- 3D. H. JAWARAIAHIndependent · IND1,0693.2%
- 4K. NAGARAJA RAOJS · JS7392.2%
- 5S. KADEGOWDAIndependent · IND3401.0%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–PSP swing
- −23.0%
- INC share
- 44.5% → 57.5%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 36.0%
- Turnout
- — → —