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Constituency

10. Gulbarga

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1978

KA-GULBARGA

IND 32.8%won by 1.4%JNP 31.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 1.4%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 5.0% to 32.8% of the vote here (+27.8%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 31.4% — it did not contest here in 1972.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.2% between them, down from 72.7% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
54,899
Margin
763
1.39%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
INDflipped
INDJNP swing
−3.7%
IND share
5.0% 32.8%
JNP share
0.0% 31.4%
Turnout