Constituency
58. Tumkur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1972
KA-TUMKUR
INC 34.6%won by 6.2%BJS 28.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.2%.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 28.3% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.9% between them, down from 79.1% — 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
33,421
Margin
2,083
6.23%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1K. ABDUL SUBHANIndian National Congress · INC11,54734.6%
- 2S. MALLIKARJUNAIAHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9,46428.3%
- 3S. H. KRISHNE GOWDAIndependent · IND6,53119.5%
- 4T. S. L. MURTHYNCO · NCO4,64613.9%
- 5MUMTAJ AHMEDIndependent · IND5571.7%
- 6S. RAMAIAHIndependent · IND5421.6%
- 7T. G. SIDDALINGAIAHIndependent · IND1340.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- −27.8%
- INC share
- 34.1% → 34.6%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 28.3%
- Turnout
- — → —