Constituency
47. Challakere
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-CHALLAKERE
INC 63.2%won by 28.4%JNP 34.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.2% to 28.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 34.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
60,807
Margin
17,291
28.44%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1N.JAYANNAIndian National Congress · INC38,41163.2%
- 2B.L.GOWDAJanata Party · JNP21,12034.7%
- 3B. OBALAPPAIndian National Congress · INC1,2762.1%
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
- −27.5%
- INC share
- 56.0% → 63.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 34.7%
- Turnout
- — → —