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Constituency

160. Sirsi

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-SIRSI

INC 66.2%won by 32.4%BJS 33.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 32.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 36.5% to 66.2% of the vote here (+29.7%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 75.6% — 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
36,817
Margin
11,929
32.40%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
PSP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJS swing
+20.3%
INC share
36.5% 66.2%
BJS share
24.4% 33.8%
Turnout