Constituency
161. Bhatkal
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1972
KA-BHATKAL
INC 55.9%won by 21.3%NCO 34.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 21.3%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 31.0% to 55.9% of the vote here (+24.9%).
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 34.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
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
40,673
Margin
8,677
21.33%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1S. M. YAHYA SIDDIKA UMARIndian National Congress · INC22,75155.9%
- 2MADEV BIN RAMA NAIKNCO · NCO14,07434.6%
- 3LAKKUMANE RAMA SHIVAPPAIndependent · IND2,6866.6%
- 4HONNAPPA DEVU NAIKBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,1622.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–NCO swing
- −9.7%
- INC share
- 31.0% → 55.9%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 34.6%
- Turnout
- — → —