Constituency
70. Mulbagal
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-MULBAGAL
INC 34.9%won by 6.9%JNP 28.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 22.2% to 34.9% of the vote here (+12.7%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 28.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.9% between them, down from 77.8% — the field split more ways.
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
63,841
Margin
4,429
6.94%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1J.M.REDDYIndian National Congress · INC22,30034.9%
- 2BEERE GOWDAJanata Party · JNP17,87128.0%
- 3M.V.VENKATAPPAIndian National Congress · INC11,48918.0%
- 4R.VENKATARAMAIANIndependent · IND11,47518.0%
- 5T.M.NARAYANAPPAIndependent · IND3250.5%
- 6B.SAAMIULLAIndependent · IND1830.3%
- 7G.M.NARAYANAPPAIndependent · IND790.1%
- 8K.ASWATHANARAYANA GOWDAIndependent · IND720.1%
- 9M.V. SUBRAMANAYAMIndependent · IND470.1%
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
- −15.3%
- INC share
- 22.2% → 34.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 28.0%
- Turnout
- — → —