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Constituency

117. Hunsur

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-HUNSUR

INC 51.5%won by 27.6%NCO 24.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.6% to 27.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 24.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.5% between them, down from 97.7% — 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
49,896
Margin
13,751
27.56%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCNCO swing
−31.1%
INC share
58.7% 51.5%
NCO share
0.0% 24.0%
Turnout