Constituency
2. Bhalki
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-BHALKI
INC 44.6%won by 9.4%INC 35.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 48.4% to 9.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 28.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.7% between them, down from 97.8% — 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
51,171
Margin
4,807
9.39%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1BHIMANNA SHIVALINGAPPA KANDREIndian National Congress · INC22,80644.6%
- 2BIDU RAO GOREHINCHOLLIKARIndian National Congress · INC17,99935.2%
- 3SUBASH PRABHUSETTAPPA ASTUREJanata Party · JNP8,72017.0%
- 4SHIVRAJ NARSAPPA RAMPUREIndependent · IND1,3002.5%
- 5PREMCHAND NAGNATH RAO WAGHMAREIndependent · IND2100.4%
- 6JAYANAND RAO EKAMBEKAR LALOJIIndependent · IND1360.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–INC swing
- 0.0%
- INC share
- 73.1% → 44.6%
- INC share
- 73.1% → 44.6%
- Turnout
- — → —