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Constituency

81. Chamarajpet

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1978

KA-CHAMARAJPET

JNP 42.7%won by 10.5%INC 32.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 10.5%.

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 42.7% of the vote here (+42.7%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.9% of the vote between them, up from 56.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
48,736
Margin
5,109
10.48%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
IND
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNPINC swing
+37.8%
JNP share
0.0% 42.7%
INC share
27.3% 32.2%
Turnout