Constituency

159. Shikaripura

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-SHIKARIPURA

INC 69.3%won by 47.9%NCO 21.4%

What changed here

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The seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 47.9%.

INC vote shareINC went from 30.3% to 69.3% of the vote here (+39.0%).
New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 21.4% — it did not contest here in 1967.
Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.7% 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

37,744

Margin

18,064

47.86%

4 contested · winner INC

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