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Constituency

121. Mercara

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-MERCARA

INC 60.3%won by 40.3%NCO 20.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.1% to 40.3%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 20.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.3% of the vote between them, up from 60.7% — a tighter two-way 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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not in source
Valid votes
40,548
Margin
16,333
40.28%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1A. M. BELLAIPPAIndian National Congress · INC24,44260.3%
  2. 2D. A. CHINNAPPANCO · NCO8,10920.0%
  3. 3POKKULANDA APPAJIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6,68916.5%
  4. 4K. D. KARIAPPASwatantra Party · SWA6801.7%
  5. 5P. C. ROSY JOHNIndependent · IND6281.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
+0.4%
INC share
39.9% → 60.3%
NCO share
0.0% → 20.0%
Turnout
— → —
120. Virajpet122. Somwarpet
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