Constituency
33. Bellary
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-BELLARY
INC 48.5%won by 8.9%JNP 39.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: NCO (NCO) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 44.2% to 48.5% of the vote here (+4.3%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 39.6% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.1% between them, down from 94.0% — 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
53,387
Margin
4,764
8.92%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1BHASKER NAIDU K.Indian National Congress · INC25,91148.5%
- 2ABDUL HUQJanata Party · JNP21,14739.6%
- 3NAGAPPA V.Indian National Congress · INC5,98111.2%
- 4VALISAD P.Independent · IND3480.7%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- NCO
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- −35.3%
- INC share
- 44.2% → 48.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 39.6%
- Turnout
- — → —