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Constituency

65. Chintamani

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-CHINTAMANI

IND 53.7%won by 14.0%INC 39.8%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.7% to 14.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 93.5% 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
56,354
Margin
7,875
13.97%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
INDINC swing
−6.7%
IND share
60.3% 53.7%
INC share
39.7% 39.8%
Turnout