Constituency
206. Periyapatna
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1962
KA-PERIYAPATNA
INC 54.0%won by 8.0%SWA 46.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.2% to 8.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 46.0% — it did not contest here in 1957.
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
30,302
Margin
2,416
7.97%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1K. M. DEVAYYAIndian National Congress · INC16,35954.0%
- 2T. VENKATARAMSwatantra Party · SWA13,94346.0%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SWA swing
- −60.1%
- INC share
- 68.1% → 54.0%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 46.0%
- Turnout
- — → —