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Constituency

120. Virajpet

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1967

KA-VIRAJPET

BJS 52.4%won by 4.8%INC 47.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 4.8%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • BJS vote shareBJS went from 0.0% to 52.4% of the vote here (+52.4%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 73.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
27,572
Margin
1,316
4.77%

Candidates

2 contested · winner BJS
  1. 1N. L. NAIKBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS14,44452.4%
  2. 2A. N. BELLIIndian National Congress · INC13,12847.6%

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
BJSflipped
BJSINC swing
+55.3%
BJS share
0.0% 52.4%
INC share
50.6% 47.6%
Turnout