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Constituency

151. Channagiri

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-CHANNAGIRI

INC 54.5%won by 16.9%IND 37.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 16.9%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 37.3% to 54.5% of the vote here (+17.1%).
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 37.5% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 92.0% 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
49,753
Margin
8,420
16.92%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1N. G. MALAPPAIndian National Congress · INC27,09754.5%
  2. 2D. M. RAGHAVAPPAIndependent · IND18,67737.5%
  3. 3K. THIPPANNANCO · NCO3,9798.0%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SSP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCIND swing
−20.4%
INC share
37.3% 54.5%
IND share
0.0% 37.5%
Turnout