Constituency
132. Puttur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1967
KA-PUTTUR
INC 48.3%won by 16.7%BJS 31.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.7% to 16.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 31.7% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Multi-cornered4 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
44,545
Margin
7,432
16.68%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1V. SHETTYIndian National Congress · INC21,53448.3%
- 2R. BHATBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS14,10231.7%
- 3K. D. SHETTYIndependent · IND6,46314.5%
- 4NEMIRAJSwatantra Party · SWA2,4465.5%
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–BJS swing
- −31.8%
- INC share
- 48.5% → 48.3%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 31.7%
- Turnout
- — → —