Constituency
44. Chitradurga
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-CHITRADURGA
INC 57.5%won by 19.5%JNP 38.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.7% to 19.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 38.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.5% of the vote between them, up from 82.5% — 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
56,871
Margin
11,076
19.48%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1V.MASIYAPPAIndian National Congress · INC32,69757.5%
- 2C.ABDUL RAHIMJanata Party · JNP21,62138.0%
- 3A.G.VEERANNAIndian National Congress · INC1,3332.3%
- 4L.J. UMADEVAIndependent · IND7041.2%
- 5K. CHANNABASSAPPAIndependent · IND5160.9%
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
- −38.6%
- INC share
- 58.1% → 57.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 38.0%
- Turnout
- — → —