Constituency
22. Kalmala
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1972
KA-KALMALA
INC 60.4%won by 26.3%NCO 34.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.8% to 26.3%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 34.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.5% of the vote between them, up from 88.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
18,496
Margin
4,860
26.28%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SHIVANNA BHEEMAPPAIndian National Congress · INC11,16760.4%
- 2B. NAGAMMA SESHAPPANCO · NCO6,30734.1%
- 3OMDAS LAXMAYYA AGEDIndependent · IND6593.6%
- 4NARSAPPA HEMAVATISwatantra Party · SWA3632.0%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–NCO swing
- −35.0%
- INC share
- 61.3% → 60.4%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 34.1%
- Turnout
- — → —