Constituency
26. Kushtagi
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-KUSHTAGI
INC 57.4%won by 37.4%JNP 19.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.8% to 37.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 19.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.3% between them, down from 95.0% — 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
48,655
Margin
18,209
37.42%
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
- −18.5%
- INC share
- 55.9% → 57.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 19.9%
- Turnout
- — → —