Election
Constituency

139. Udupi

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-UDUPI

INC 58.5%won by 33.6%BJS 24.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.2% to 33.6%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 24.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.4% of the vote between them, up from 63.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
44,485
Margin
14,944
33.59%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MANORAMA MADHVARAIIndian National Congress · INC26,02058.5%
  2. 2V. S. ACHARYABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS11,07624.9%
  3. 3SURENDRANATH MALPEIndependent · IND3,5367.9%
  4. 4SRIDHAR M. KALMADYIndependent · IND2,5315.7%
  5. 5PERODY VITTAL SHETTYIndependent · IND9192.1%
  6. 6GOVINDA SHETTYSOP · SOP4030.9%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
+0.2%
INC share
33.4% → 58.5%
BJS share
0.0% → 24.9%
Turnout
— → —
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