Constituency
128. Arkalgud
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1972
KA-ARKALGUD
INC 57.2%won by 37.9%NCO 19.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 37.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 35.5% to 57.2% of the vote here (+21.7%).
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 19.3% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.5% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
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
42,734
Margin
16,190
37.89%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1H. N. NANJEGOWDAIndian National Congress · INC24,44157.2%
- 2K .B. MALLAPPANCO · NCO8,25119.3%
- 3RAMAIAHSwatantra Party · SWA4,54710.6%
- 4V. N. SALIGRAMIndependent · IND2,6376.2%
- 5A. G. ANNAIAHIndependent · IND1,7324.1%
- 6T. B. KALUANABASAPPABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,1262.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–NCO swing
- +2.4%
- INC share
- 35.5% → 57.2%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 19.3%
- Turnout
- — → —