Constituency
5. Humnabad
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-HUMNABAD
JNP 29.7%won by 3.4%CPI 26.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 3.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 29.7% of the vote here (+29.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.9% between them, down from 66.9% — 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
54,481
Margin
1,870
3.43%
Candidates
9 contested · winner JNP- 1BASWARAJ HAWGAPPAJanata Party · JNP16,16729.7%
- 2V.N.PATILCommunist Party of India · CPI14,29726.2%
- 3NARENDRA MADIVALAPPA KHENIIndian National Congress · INC9,44217.3%
- 4DILIPKUMAR BASWARAJIndependent · IND6,91612.7%
- 5ABDUL SHUKOOR SHAIKH MAHBOOBIndependent · IND4,6098.5%
- 6NARSAPPA LACHAPPAIndependent · IND2,0843.8%
- 7ZEREPPA THUKAPPAIndependent · IND4650.9%
- 8ABDUL HAMEED SHAIKH ALISABIndependent · IND2790.5%
- 9MALLIKARJUN BASWANATH RAOIndependent · IND2220.4%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–CPI swing
- +37.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 29.7%
- CPI share
- 33.9% → 26.2%
- Turnout
- — → —