Constituency
84. Shanthinagar
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-SHANTHINAGAR
INC 40.8%won by 7.6%JNP 33.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.6% to 7.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 33.2% — 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
43,771
Margin
3,340
7.63%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1RANGANATHAN P.K.Indian National Congress · INC17,85140.8%
- 2GOVINDARAJA P.D.Janata Party · JNP14,51133.2%
- 3KUPPURAJ M.K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK5,39712.3%
- 4PANDYAN M.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK4,1059.4%
- 5KEMPAMMA T.Independent · IND9432.2%
- 6DHARMALINGAM A.M.Indian National Congress · INC8552.0%
- 7ASWATH T.M.Independent · IND1090.2%
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
- −33.9%
- INC share
- 41.5% → 40.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 33.2%
- Turnout
- — → —