Constituency
35. Sandur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-SANDUR
INC 62.2%won by 31.7%JNP 30.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.9% to 31.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 30.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 92.8% between them, down from 99.0% — 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
50,152
Margin
15,888
31.68%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1C. RUDRAPPAIndian National Congress · INC31,20662.2%
- 2Y. THIMMAPPAJanata Party · JNP15,31830.5%
- 3HEEROJIIndian National Congress · INC3,6287.2%
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
- −28.8%
- INC share
- 60.4% → 62.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 30.5%
- Turnout
- — → —