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Constituency

147. Chikmagalur

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-CHIKMAGALUR

INC 65.2%won by 42.1%NCO 23.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 42.1%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 44.7% to 65.2% of the vote here (+20.5%).
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 23.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.2% 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
32,674
Margin
13,760
42.11%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
PSP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCNCO swing
−2.6%
INC share
44.7% 65.2%
NCO share
0.0% 23.0%
Turnout