Constituency
43. Bharmasagara
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-BHARMASAGARA
INC 53.1%won by 23.3%JNP 29.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 23.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 31.5% to 53.1% of the vote here (+21.6%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 29.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.9% of the vote between them, up from 63.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
49,217
Margin
11,465
23.29%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1T.CHOWDIAHIndian National Congress · INC26,12453.1%
- 2H.PUTTA BAIJanata Party · JNP14,65929.8%
- 3ESWARANAIKIndependent · IND5,05910.3%
- 4S.THIPPA NAIKIndian National Congress · INC3,3756.9%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- −8.2%
- INC share
- 31.5% → 53.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 29.8%
- Turnout
- — → —