Constituency
120. Virajpet
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1967
KA-VIRAJPET
BJS 52.4%won by 4.8%INC 47.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
27,572
Margin
1,316
4.77%
Candidates
2 contested · winner BJS- 1N. L. NAIKBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS14,44452.4%
- 2A. N. BELLIIndian National Congress · INC13,12847.6%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJSflipped
- BJS–INC swing
- +55.3%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 52.4%
- INC share
- 50.6% → 47.6%
- Turnout
- — → —