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Constituency

8. Kamalapur

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-KAMALAPUR

INC 70.3%won by 40.6%SOP 29.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.2% to 40.6%.

  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 29.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 78.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
31,571
Margin
12,821
40.61%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SUBHASH SHANKERSHETTYIndian National Congress · INC22,19670.3%
  2. 2HANMANTH RAO SHARNAPPASOP · SOP9,37529.7%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSOP swing
−5.7%
INC share
46.3% 70.3%
SOP share
0.0% 29.7%
Turnout