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Constituency

13. Chittapur

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1967

KA-CHITTAPUR

INC 59.8%won by 28.8%SWA 31.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
28,592
Margin
8,221
28.75%

Since 1962

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSWA swing
+4.7%
INC share
53.0% 59.8%
SWA share
28.9% 31.0%
Turnout