Constituency
166. Dharwad Rural
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1972
KA-DHARWAD-RURAL
INC 70.4%won by 47.5%NCO 22.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
32,272
Margin
15,318
47.47%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1M. SUMATIBALACHANDRAIndian National Congress · INC22,71070.4%
- 2V. L. PATILNCO · NCO7,39222.9%
- 3B. I. DODDAYALLAPPASOP · SOP2,1706.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–NCO swing
- −23.4%
- INC share
- 70.9% → 70.4%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 22.9%
- Turnout
- — → —