Constituency
72. Bethamangala
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-BETHAMANGALA
INC 53.3%won by 26.2%JNP 27.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 26.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 40.5% to 53.3% of the vote here (+12.8%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 27.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.4% between them, down from 97.4% — 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
52,016
Margin
13,617
26.18%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1C.VENKATESHAPPAIndian National Congress · INC27,71553.3%
- 2T.CHANNAIAHJanata Party · JNP14,09827.1%
- 3M.NARAYANAIndian National Congress · INC7,55414.5%
- 4RAMPPAIndependent · IND1,1682.2%
- 5V.BHIMANNAIndependent · IND8181.6%
- 6W.MUNIYAPPAIndependent · IND6631.3%
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
- −14.3%
- INC share
- 40.5% → 53.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 27.1%
- Turnout
- — → —