Constituency
12. Afzalpur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-AFZALPUR
JNP 47.5%won by 0.8%INC 46.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 0.8%.
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 47.5% of the vote here (+47.5%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 94.3% 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
50,132
Margin
387
0.77%
Candidates
3 contested · winner JNP- 1M.Y.PATILJanata Party · JNP23,82347.5%
- 2HANMATH RAO DESAIIndian National Congress · INC23,43646.7%
- 3BABU RAOIndian National Congress · INC2,8735.7%
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
- +54.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 47.5%
- INC share
- 53.2% → 46.7%
- Turnout
- — → —