Constituency
76. Chamarajpet
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1967
KA-CHAMARAJPET
INC 36.8%won by 9.4%IND 27.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.0% to 9.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 27.4% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.2% between them, down from 88.5% — 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
38,660
Margin
3,651
9.44%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1R. D. SAGARIndian National Congress · INC14,24136.8%
- 2B.K. KRISHNIAHIndependent · IND10,59027.4%
- 3KRISHNAMURTHYIndependent · IND4,96912.9%
- 4P. N. NARAYANIndependent · IND3,4158.8%
- 5N. RANCHIAHIndependent · IND3,1628.2%
- 6S. AHMEDIndependent · IND1,6674.3%
- 7B. M. YELLAPPAIndependent · IND6161.6%
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–IND swing
- −43.8%
- INC share
- 53.3% → 36.8%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 27.4%
- Turnout
- — → —