Constituency
52. Sira
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-SIRA
INC 54.9%won by 16.2%JNP 38.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.0% to 16.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 38.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
58,783
Margin
9,495
16.15%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1S.LINGAIAHIndian National Congress · INC32,27054.9%
- 2P.MUDLEGOWDAJanata Party · JNP22,77538.7%
- 3M.MADDANNAIndian National Congress · INC3,7386.4%
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
- −38.0%
- INC share
- 54.2% → 54.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 38.7%
- Turnout
- — → —