Constituency
57. Tumkur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-TUMKUR
INC 53.8%won by 14.9%JNP 38.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.2% to 14.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 38.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.7% of the vote between them, up from 62.9% — 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
63,558
Margin
9,466
14.89%
Candidates
12 contested · winner INC- 1NAZEER AHMEDIndian National Congress · INC34,19953.8%
- 2MOHAMED GAIBAN KHANJanata Party · JNP24,73338.9%
- 3ABDUL SUDHAN K.Indian National Congress · INC1,2672.0%
- 4CHIKKAVEERAIAH V.Independent · IND9481.5%
- 5KRISHNAGOWDA S.H.Independent · IND7801.2%
- 6NAZEER BAIGIndependent · IND5220.8%
- 7SRINIVIAS MURTHYIndependent · IND3290.5%
- 8ABDUL SUBHANIndependent · IND2080.3%
- 9BHEEMAIAH K.Independent · IND1560.2%
- 10MALLI KARJUNAIAH T.S.Independent · IND1550.2%
- 11GANGANNA M.H.Independent · IND1380.2%
- 12CHERIYAN I.PIndependent · IND1230.2%
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
- −19.7%
- INC share
- 34.6% → 53.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 38.9%
- Turnout
- — → —