Constituency
19. Shorapur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-SHORAPUR
INC 52.0%won by 15.1%JNP 36.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 15.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 28.3% to 52.0% of the vote here (+23.6%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 36.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.8% of the vote between them, up from 82.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
44,654
Margin
6,740
15.09%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1RAJA KUMAR NAIKIndian National Congress · INC23,20152.0%
- 2RAJA PID NAIKJanata Party · JNP16,46136.9%
- 3SHIVAPPA BASAPPAIndian National Congress · INC4,99211.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- −13.2%
- INC share
- 28.3% → 52.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 36.9%
- Turnout
- — → —