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136. Mangalore Ii

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-MANGALORE-II

INC 53.8%won by 28.0%CPM 25.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.3% to 28.0%.

  • 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
55,861
Margin
15,665
28.04%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1FAREED U. T.Indian National Congress · INC30,04853.8%
  2. 2A.KRISHNA SHETTYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM14,38325.7%
  3. 3K. NARAYANA SHETTYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6,22711.1%
  4. 4LOUELLA LOBOSwatantra Party · SWA2,0313.6%
  5. 5M. A. KHADERNCO · NCO1,6543.0%
  6. 6A. RAMAMCHANDRAIndependent · IND1,5182.7%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
+10.8%
INC share
50.4% → 53.8%
CPM share
33.2% → 25.7%
Turnout
— → —
135. Mangalore I137. Surathkal
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