Constituency
76. Malleshwaram
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-MALLESHWARAM
JNP 57.0%won by 20.8%CPI 36.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 20.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 57.0% of the vote here (+57.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.1% of the vote between them, up from 76.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
57,829
Margin
12,018
20.78%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1P.RAMDEVJanata Party · JNP32,93657.0%
- 2M.S.KRISHNANCommunist Party of India · CPI20,91836.2%
- 3J.LINGAIAHIndependent · IND2,0663.6%
- 4LAKSHMINARASIMHAIAHIndian National Congress · INC1,5502.7%
- 5JAGANMOHANIndependent · IND1950.3%
- 6D.GOWRI SHANKARIndependent · IND1640.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–CPI swing
- +74.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 57.0%
- CPI share
- 53.6% → 36.2%
- Turnout
- — → —