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Constituency

148. Birur

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-BIRUR

INC 53.4%won by 6.8%NCO 46.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.8%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 40.1% to 53.4% of the vote here (+13.3%).
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 46.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 87.5% — 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
38,062
Margin
2,604
6.84%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1M. MALLAPPAIndian National Congress · INC20,33353.4%
  2. 2N. K. MUCHAPPANCO · NCO17,72946.6%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INCNCO swing
−33.3%
INC share
40.1% 53.4%
NCO share
0.0% 46.6%
Turnout