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Constituency

178. Shirhatti

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-SHIRHATTI

INC 45.3%won by 24.5%SWA 20.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 24.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 48.9% to 45.3% of the vote here (−3.7%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.1% 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
47,068
Margin
11,517
24.47%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SWA
Winner now
INCflipped
INCSWA swing
+26.6%
INC share
48.9% 45.3%
SWA share
51.1% 20.8%
Turnout