Election
Constituency

166. Dharwad Rural

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-DHARWAD-RURAL

INC 70.4%won by 47.5%NCO 22.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 41.7% to 47.5%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 22.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 93.3% 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
32,272
Margin
15,318
47.47%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1M. SUMATIBALACHANDRAIndian National Congress · INC22,71070.4%
  2. 2V. L. PATILNCO · NCO7,39222.9%
  3. 3B. I. DODDAYALLAPPASOP · SOP2,1706.7%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCNCO swing
−23.4%
INC share
70.9% 70.4%
NCO share
0.0% 22.9%
Turnout