Constituency
85. Kanakapura
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1972
KA-KANAKAPURA
INC 66.7%won by 33.5%NCO 33.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
37,638
Margin
12,604
33.49%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1S. KARIYAPPAIndian National Congress · INC25,12166.7%
- 2K. G. SRINIVASMURTHYNCO · NCO12,51733.3%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–NCO swing
- −21.4%
- INC share
- 54.9% → 66.7%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 33.3%
- Turnout
- — → —