Constituency
66. Sidlaghatta
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-SIDLAGHATTA
INC 52.8%won by 11.5%JNP 41.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.0% to 11.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 41.2% — 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
65,727
Margin
7,577
11.53%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INCSince 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
- −49.3%
- INC share
- 60.8% → 52.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 41.2%
- Turnout
- — → —