Constituency
178. Shirhatti
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1972
KA-SHIRHATTI
INC 45.3%won by 24.5%SWA 20.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
47,068
Margin
11,517
24.47%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1W. V. VADIRAJCHARYAIndian National Congress · INC21,31445.3%
- 2K. S. VEERAIAHSwatantra Party · SWA9,79720.8%
- 3U. G. FAKIRAPPAIndependent · IND8,71118.5%
- 4G. B. RAJAPPANCO · NCO3,4307.3%
- 5G. B. RAMAPPAIndependent · IND1,8884.0%
- 6P. V. BUDRAGOUDAIndependent · IND1,3182.8%
- 7I. V. SIDDAPPAIndependent · IND6101.3%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SWA swing
- +26.6%
- INC share
- 48.9% → 45.3%
- SWA share
- 51.1% → 20.8%
- Turnout
- — → —