Constituency
167. Dharwad
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1972
KA-DHARWAD
INC 51.6%won by 23.6%BJS 28.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
36,132
Margin
8,536
23.62%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1NAIKAR DYAMAPPA KALLAPPAIndian National Congress · INC18,65351.6%
- 2P .Y. SHANKARAGOUDABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS10,11728.0%
- 3M. H. CHANNAPPANCO · NCO6,68518.5%
- 4T. C. PATILSwatantra Party · SWA6771.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- +11.2%
- INC share
- 54.0% → 51.6%
- BJS share
- 41.5% → 28.0%
- Turnout
- — → —