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Constituency

120. Virajpet

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-VIRAJPET

INC 63.7%won by 29.1%BJS 34.6%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
31,426
Margin
9,157
29.14%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJS swing
+33.9%
INC share
47.6% 63.7%
BJS share
52.4% 34.6%
Turnout