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Constituency

99. Malavalli

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-MALAVALLI

INC 64.1%won by 28.1%NCO 35.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 42.8% to 28.1%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 35.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 88.4% — a tighter two-way 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
40,948
Margin
11,514
28.12%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1M. MALLIKARJUNASWAMYIndian National Congress · INC26,23164.1%
  2. 2D. RUDRAIAHNCO · NCO14,71735.9%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCNCO swing
−37.5%
INC share
65.6% 64.1%
NCO share
0.0% 35.9%
Turnout