Constituency
2. Bhalki
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1972
KA-BHALKI
INC 73.1%won by 48.4%SOP 24.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 31.5% to 48.4%.
- New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 24.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
30,858
Margin
14,933
48.39%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1SUBHASH ASTUREIndian National Congress · INC22,56173.1%
- 2HEERACHAND WAGHMARESOP · SOP7,62824.7%
- 3SHIVSHARANAPPA WALIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6692.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SOP swing
- −17.3%
- INC share
- 65.7% → 73.1%
- SOP share
- 0.0% → 24.7%
- Turnout
- — → —