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172. Shiggaon

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-SHIGGAON

INC 48.8%won by 8.7%IND 40.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.0% to 8.7%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 40.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.9% of the vote between them, up from 0.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
40,576
Margin
3,529
8.70%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1N. N. MARDANSABIndian National Congress · INC19,79948.8%
  2. 2P .B. HANMANTGOUDAIndependent · IND16,27040.1%
  3. 3P. A. NEKAMAHAMMADKHAIndependent · IND2,7816.9%
  4. 4R. K. HUSAINKHANIndependent · IND6641.6%
  5. 5C. D. MUDAKAPPABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6571.6%
  6. 6P. B. SHIVANGOUDAIndependent · IND4051.0%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
+8.7%
INC share
0.0% → 48.8%
IND share
0.0% → 40.1%
Turnout
— → —
171. Kundgol173. Hangal
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