Constituency
16. Gurmitkal
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-GURMITKAL
INC 65.0%won by 35.5%JNP 29.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 35.2% to 35.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 29.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
46,744
Margin
16,599
35.51%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INCSince 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
- −27.2%
- INC share
- 62.7% → 65.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 29.5%
- Turnout
- — → —