Constituency
16. Gurmitkal
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1972
KA-GURMITKAL
INC 62.7%won by 35.2%IND 27.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.4% to 35.2%.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 27.5% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.1% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
26,797
Margin
9,440
35.23%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1MALLIKARJUNIndian National Congress · INC16,79662.7%
- 2MURTHEPPAIndependent · IND7,35627.5%
- 3NARSAPPAIndependent · IND1,6226.1%
- 4RAMAPPAIndependent · IND1,0233.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −16.5%
- INC share
- 51.7% → 62.7%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 27.5%
- Turnout
- — → —