Constituency
45. Hiriyur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1972
KA-HIRIYUR
INC 84.9%won by 69.8%NCO 15.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.5% to 69.8%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 15.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
39,247
Margin
27,381
69.77%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1K. H. RANGANATHIndian National Congress · INC33,31484.9%
- 2P. RANGAPPANCO · NCO5,93315.1%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–NCO swing
- +18.1%
- INC share
- 51.7% → 84.9%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 15.1%
- Turnout
- — → —