Constituency
193. Arbhavi
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1972
KA-ARBHAVI
INC 61.9%won by 36.0%NCO 25.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 43.9% to 36.0%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 25.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- 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
34,536
Margin
12,428
35.99%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1K. V. SHIVALINGAPPAIndian National Congress · INC21,36261.9%
- 2PUJERI NINGAYYA SANGAYYANCO · NCO8,93425.9%
- 3A. YEMANAPA SIDDAPPAIndependent · IND2,3606.8%
- 4S. M. BODHACHARYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,0263.0%
- 5CHIMAPPA YELLAPPAIndependent · IND8542.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–NCO swing
- −27.4%
- INC share
- 63.3% → 61.9%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 25.9%
- Turnout
- — → —