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Constituency

5. Humnabad

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-HUMNABAD

CPI 33.9%won by 1.0%NCO 32.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.4% to 1.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 32.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.9% between them, down from 87.5% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
42,346
Margin
441
1.04%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPINCO swing
−44.9%
CPI share
45.9% 33.9%
NCO share
0.0% 32.9%
Turnout