Constituency
8. Kamalapur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-KAMALAPUR
JNP 51.6%won by 13.0%INC 38.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 13.0%.
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 51.6% of the vote here (+51.6%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.2% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
44,795
Margin
5,809
12.97%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1GOVIND P. VADEYARAJJanata Party · JNP23,11051.6%
- 2NARSING RAO JADHAVIndian National Congress · INC17,30138.6%
- 3GUNDAPPA REVAPPA KAHMASRPK · RPK1,8404.1%
- 4GUNDAPPA KORWARIndian National Congress · INC1,4193.2%
- 5GUNDAPPA CHANDAPPA BABLADIndependent · IND9092.0%
- 6SHARNAPPA DEVAPPA KAMALAPURIndependent · IND2160.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +83.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 51.6%
- INC share
- 70.3% → 38.6%
- Turnout
- — → —