Constituency
68. Chintamani
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-CHINTAMANI
INC 68.5%won by 39.2%JNP 29.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 39.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 39.8% to 68.5% of the vote here (+28.8%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 29.3% — 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
67,229
Margin
26,370
39.22%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1CHOWDAREDDYIndian National Congress · INC46,06268.5%
- 2T.K. GANGIREDDYJanata Party · JNP19,69229.3%
- 3MOHAMMED FAZLULLA SHARIEFIndian National Congress · INC9141.4%
- 4N.SHIVANNAIndependent · IND5610.8%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- −0.5%
- INC share
- 39.8% → 68.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 29.3%
- Turnout
- — → —