Constituency
13. Chittapur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1972
KA-CHITTAPUR
INC 52.5%won by 12.2%NCO 40.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.8% to 12.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 40.3% — it did not contest here in 1967.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
35,024
Margin
4,273
12.20%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1VIJAY DESAIIndian National Congress · INC18,39252.5%
- 2B. REVANSIDAPPA KANTANCO · NCO14,11940.3%
- 3BUDANNA MAHADEVBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,5137.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–NCO swing
- −47.6%
- INC share
- 59.8% → 52.5%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 40.3%
- Turnout
- — → —