Constituency
160. Sirsi
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1967
KA-SIRSI
PSP 39.2%won by 2.7%INC 36.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 2.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- PSP vote sharePSP went from 25.4% to 39.2% of the vote here (+13.8%).
- 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
28,817
Margin
766
2.66%
Candidates
3 contested · winner PSP- 1M. H. JAYAPRAKASHANARAYANPraja Socialist Party · PSP11,28239.2%
- 2R. S. PURUSHOTTAMIndian National Congress · INC10,51636.5%
- 3B. U. BUDDUBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,01924.4%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- PSPflipped
- PSP–INC swing
- +30.6%
- PSP share
- 25.4% → 39.2%
- INC share
- 53.3% → 36.5%
- Turnout
- — → —