Constituency
53. Kallamballa
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-KALLAMBALLA
INC 52.9%won by 15.0%JNP 38.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.3% to 15.0%.
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 90.9% of the vote between them, up from 63.2% — 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
52,226
Margin
7,812
14.96%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1T.B.JAYACHANDRAIndian National Congress · INC27,64552.9%
- 2B.GANGANNAJanata Party · JNP19,83338.0%
- 3C.J. MUKKANNAPPAIndian National Congress · INC2,9185.6%
- 4D.M. RAMACHANDRA SETTYIndependent · IND6621.3%
- 5B.P. GANGANNAIndependent · IND5841.1%
- 6M.D. MAHALINGAIAHIndependent · IND5841.1%
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
- −28.8%
- INC share
- 43.7% → 52.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 38.0%
- Turnout
- — → —