Constituency
13. Chittapur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1967
KA-CHITTAPUR
INC 59.8%won by 28.8%SWA 31.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 24.1% to 28.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.8% of the vote between them, up from 81.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
28,592
Margin
8,221
28.75%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1R. NAGAPPAIndian National Congress · INC17,08859.8%
- 2P. RAMREDDYSwatantra Party · SWA8,86731.0%
- 3S. FAKIRAPPACommunist Party of India · CPI2,4338.5%
- 4S. BASWANAPPAIndependent · IND2040.7%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SWA swing
- +4.7%
- INC share
- 53.0% → 59.8%
- SWA share
- 28.9% → 31.0%
- Turnout
- — → —