Constituency
137. Surathkal
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1972
KA-SURATHKAL
INC 64.3%won by 50.0%SWA 14.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 50.0%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 38.3% to 64.3% of the vote here (+26.0%).
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 14.3% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.6% 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
43,111
Margin
21,572
50.04%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1B. SUBBAYYA SHETTYIndian National Congress · INC27,72064.3%
- 2RATHANKUMAR KATTEMARSwatantra Party · SWA6,14814.3%
- 3RAGHUNATH KOTENKARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,25412.2%
- 4PRABHAKARA RAINCO · NCO3,2577.6%
- 5K. VENKAT RAOIndependent · IND7321.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SWA swing
- +11.7%
- INC share
- 38.3% → 64.3%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 14.3%
- Turnout
- — → —