Constituency
4. Bidar
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-BIDAR
INC 57.2%won by 31.3%JNP 26.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.7% to 31.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 26.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.2% of the vote between them, up from 76.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
52,070
Margin
16,294
31.29%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INCSince 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–JNP swing
- −9.8%
- INC share
- 41.1% → 57.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 26.0%
- Turnout
- — → —