Constituency
13. Chittapur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-CHITTAPUR
INC 56.1%won by 29.1%JNP 27.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.2% to 29.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 27.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.1% between them, down from 92.8% — 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
37,117
Margin
10,799
29.09%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1PRABHAKAR R.TELKARIndian National Congress · INC20,81456.1%
- 2KUSUMAKAR DESAIJanata Party · JNP10,01527.0%
- 3SUBHASH SHANKARSHETTY PATILIndian National Congress · INC5,10813.8%
- 4SATYANARAYAN VYASIndependent · IND1,1803.2%
Since 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
- −23.4%
- INC share
- 52.5% → 56.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 27.0%
- Turnout
- — → —