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Constituency

213. Bijapur

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1972

KA-BIJAPUR

INC 58.5%won by 23.3%NCO 35.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 48.4% to 23.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 35.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.8% of the vote between them, up from 87.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
39,639
Margin
9,235
23.30%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCNCO swing
−44.5%
INC share
67.8% 58.5%
NCO share
0.0% 35.2%
Turnout