Constituency
162. Kumta
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1972
KA-KUMTA
INC 56.0%won by 19.6%NCO 36.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 19.6%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 25.3% to 56.0% of the vote here (+30.7%).
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 36.3% — 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
38,762
Margin
7,610
19.63%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1SITARAM VASUDEV NAIKIndian National Congress · INC21,69856.0%
- 2RAMACHANDRA S. BHAGWATNCO · NCO14,08836.3%
- 3HEGDE GANAPATISHANKARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,9767.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–NCO swing
- −5.7%
- INC share
- 25.3% → 56.0%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 36.3%
- Turnout
- — → —