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Constituency

134. Bantval

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-BANTVAL

CPI 62.5%won by 38.0%BJS 24.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 38.0%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 62.5% of the vote here (+62.5%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 24.5% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.0% of the vote between them, up from 72.7% — a tighter two-way 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
48,042
Margin
18,269
38.03%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPIBJS swing
+38.0%
CPI share
0.0% 62.5%
BJS share
0.0% 24.5%
Turnout