Constituency
40. Harihar
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-HARIHAR
INC 55.4%won by 15.5%JNP 39.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.9% to 15.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 39.8% — 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
66,172
Margin
10,285
15.54%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1P.BASAVANA GOWDAIndian National Congress · INC36,64455.4%
- 2H.SHIVAPPAJanata Party · JNP26,35939.8%
- 3G.H. TEKOJI RAOIndian National Congress · INC2,5883.9%
- 4B. GURULINGAPPAIndependent · IND5810.9%
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
- −40.0%
- INC share
- 55.6% → 55.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 39.8%
- Turnout
- — → —