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Constituency

10. Gulbarga

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-GULBARGA

INC 48.0%won by 23.3%BJS 24.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.1% to 23.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.7% between them, down from 93.8% — 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
47,228
Margin
10,994
23.28%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJS swing
−24.5%
INC share
54.0% 48.0%
BJS share
6.2% 24.7%
Turnout