Constituency
79. Chickpet
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-CHICKPET
JNP 43.2%won by 10.4%INC 32.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Jharkhand People'S Party (JPP) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 10.4%.
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 43.2% of the vote here (+43.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.9% of the vote between them, up from 66.2% — 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
45,052
Margin
4,703
10.44%
Candidates
15 contested · winner JNP- 1A.LAKSHMISAGARJanata Party · JNP19,45943.2%
- 2M.V.THIWARYIndian National Congress · INC14,75632.8%
- 3N.DASAPPAIndependent · IND5,46212.1%
- 4GNANAMBA VATAL NAGARAJIndependent · IND2,7736.2%
- 5R.SHANKARIndian National Congress · INC7101.6%
- 6G.NARAYANA KUMARIndependent · IND4721.0%
- 7G.RANGASWAMYIndependent · IND2470.5%
- 8ABDUL KHUDUSIndependent · IND2220.5%
- 9B.T. RAMCHANDRAIndependent · IND2130.5%
- 10R.ESWARAIAHIndependent · IND1870.4%
- 11RAMUIndependent · IND1560.3%
- 12MUNIANJAPPAIndependent · IND1290.3%
- 13B.S. CHANDRASEKHARAIndependent · IND1150.3%
- 14S.P. BIKKAM CHANDIndependent · IND820.2%
- 15M.P. JAYARAJIndependent · IND690.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JPP
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +41.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 43.2%
- INC share
- 30.7% → 32.8%
- Turnout
- — → —