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Constituency

85. Kanakapura

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-KANAKAPURA

INC 66.7%won by 33.5%NCO 33.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.8% to 33.5%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 33.3% — 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
37,638
Margin
12,604
33.49%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1S. KARIYAPPAIndian National Congress · INC25,12166.7%
  2. 2K. G. SRINIVASMURTHYNCO · NCO12,51733.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCNCO swing
−21.4%
INC share
54.9% 66.7%
NCO share
0.0% 33.3%
Turnout