Constituency
207. Virajpet
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1962
KA-VIRAJPET
INC 50.6%won by 27.5%IND 23.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.7% to 27.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 23.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.6% 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
30,251
Margin
8,319
27.50%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1A. P. APPANNAIndian National Congress · INC15,29250.6%
- 2CHECKERA B. MUTHANNAIndependent · IND6,97323.1%
- 3I. R. ASRANNACommunist Party of India · CPI3,65812.1%
- 4C. M. BHEEMAIAHSwatantra Party · SWA3,49611.6%
- 5N. S. NANAIAHJS · JS8322.8%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −27.3%
- INC share
- 54.8% → 50.6%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 23.1%
- Turnout
- — → —