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132. Puttur

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-PUTTUR

INC 56.4%won by 26.5%BJS 29.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.7% to 26.5%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.3% of the vote between them, up from 80.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
52,513
Margin
13,935
26.54%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1A. SHANKARA ALVAIndian National Congress · INC29,63056.4%
  2. 2K. RA A. BHATBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS15,69529.9%
  3. 3PARAMESHWARANCO · NCO4,3538.3%
  4. 4PADMANABHA PAIIndependent · IND2,5664.9%
  5. 5P. NEMIRAJSwatantra Party · SWA2690.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
+9.9%
INC share
48.3% → 56.4%
BJS share
31.7% → 29.9%
Turnout
— → —
131. Sullia133. Belthangady
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