Constituency
78. Gandhi Nagar
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-GANDHI-NAGAR
INC 37.2%won by 6.4%JNP 30.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.4% to 6.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 30.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
49,329
Margin
3,170
6.43%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1K.LAKSHMANIndian National Congress · INC18,37237.2%
- 2M.R.JAYARAMJanata Party · JNP15,20230.8%
- 3SUNDARIndependent · IND9,31818.9%
- 4S.N. NARAYANAIndependent · IND3,1006.3%
- 5T.P. PRASANNA KUMARIndependent · IND1,0042.0%
- 6CHINDANANDA ULLALIndependent · IND6901.4%
- 7BIMBA RAIKARIndian National Congress · INC6251.3%
- 8B.RANGAIAHIndependent · IND3570.7%
- 9SUBRAMANIIndependent · IND2920.6%
- 10P.R. NANJUDASWAMY SETTYIndependent · IND2390.5%
- 11M.PUTTARAMAIAHIndependent · IND1300.3%
Since 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
- −27.8%
- INC share
- 34.3% → 37.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 30.8%
- Turnout
- — → —