Constituency
65. Chikballapur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-CHIKBALLAPUR
INC 55.6%won by 17.8%JNP 37.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.2% to 17.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 37.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
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
58,251
Margin
10,370
17.80%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1RENUKA RAJENDRANIndian National Congress · INC32,37855.6%
- 2MUNIYAPA A.Janata Party · JNP22,00837.8%
- 3MUNIYAPPA K.M.Indian National Congress · INC2,8304.9%
- 4MUNISWAMYNIndependent · IND7871.4%
- 5HUSENAIAHIndependent · IND2480.4%
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
- 55.8% → 55.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 37.8%
- Turnout
- — → —