Constituency
34. Hospet
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-HOSPET
INC 53.9%won by 12.5%JNP 41.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.7% to 12.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 41.4% — it did not contest here in 1972.
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
64,641
Margin
8,101
12.53%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1K. GUDUSAHEBIndian National Congress · INC34,85553.9%
- 2G. SHANKARA GOUDJanata Party · JNP26,75441.4%
- 3B. RANGAPPAIndian National Congress · INC1,3572.1%
- 4N. THIMMA REDDYIndependent · IND7941.2%
- 5M. RATNAVELUIndependent · IND7381.1%
- 6R.M. HULIGAIAHIndependent · IND1430.2%
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
- −46.3%
- INC share
- 58.8% → 53.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 41.4%
- Turnout
- — → —