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Constituency

3. Hulsoor

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-HULSOOR

INC 67.1%won by 46.1%SOP 21.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.8% to 46.1%.

  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 21.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.2% between them, down from 97.0% — the field split more ways.

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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not in source
Valid votes
19,785
Margin
9,123
46.11%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MAHENDRA KUMAR KALLAPPAIndian National Congress · INC13,28267.1%
  2. 2MARUTHI DEVENDRASOP · SOP4,15921.0%
  3. 3SHIVRAM MOGHAIndependent · IND9544.8%
  4. 4BRAHMAKANT NARSING RAOBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6673.4%
  5. 5MASAJI EKNATHIndependent · IND4712.4%
  6. 6NAGENDRA RAO NARSINGIndependent · IND2521.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SOP swing
−7.3%
INC share
53.4% → 67.1%
SOP share
0.0% → 21.0%
Turnout
— → —
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