Constituency
120. Virajpet
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1972
KA-VIRAJPET
INC 63.7%won by 29.1%BJS 34.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 29.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 47.6% to 63.7% of the vote here (+16.1%).
- 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
31,426
Margin
9,157
29.14%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1G. K. SUBBAIAHIndian National Congress · INC20,02363.7%
- 2N. LOKAYYA NAIKBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS10,86634.6%
- 3M. K. NARAYANAIndependent · IND5371.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +33.9%
- INC share
- 47.6% → 63.7%
- BJS share
- 52.4% → 34.6%
- Turnout
- — → —