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Constituency

167. Dharwad

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-DHARWAD

INC 51.6%won by 23.6%BJS 28.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.5% to 23.6%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.6% between them, down from 95.5% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
36,132
Margin
8,536
23.62%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJS swing
+11.2%
INC share
54.0% 51.6%
BJS share
41.5% 28.0%
Turnout