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Constituency

164. Karwar

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-KARWAR

INC 51.3%won by 29.7%BJS 21.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 29.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 37.4% to 51.3% of the vote here (+13.9%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 21.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.9% 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
37,435
Margin
11,111
29.68%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJS swing
−7.7%
INC share
37.4% 51.3%
BJS share
0.0% 21.6%
Turnout