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Constituency

63. Sidlaghatta

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-SIDLAGHATTA

INC 60.8%won by 28.0%IND 32.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.6% to 28.0%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 93.6% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
51,481
Margin
14,434
28.04%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
+19.4%
INC share
54.3% 60.8%
IND share
45.7% 32.8%
Turnout