Constituency
85. Shivajinagar
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-SHIVAJINAGAR
JNP 49.3%won by 11.2%INC 38.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 11.2%.
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 49.3% of the vote here (+49.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.5% of the vote between them, up from 69.5% — 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
35,930
Margin
4,008
11.16%
Candidates
12 contested · winner JNP- 1IBRAHIM C.M.Janata Party · JNP17,72549.3%
- 2SRINIVASULU NAIDY\U, K.R.Indian National Congress · INC13,71738.2%
- 3CHOLAN K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,6064.5%
- 4ANATHAKRISHNA A.K.Indian National Congress · INC1,2143.4%
- 5VITTAL RAOIndependent · IND5391.5%
- 6MOHAMED EJAZIndependent · IND4701.3%
- 7RADHAKRISHNA V.G.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK2540.7%
- 8GURUSWAMY M.Independent · IND1150.3%
- 9ABDUL SATTARIndependent · IND1090.3%
- 10PALANIYAPPAN M.Independent · IND700.2%
- 11NARAYANANIndependent · IND590.2%
- 12A.R.A. SHUKOORIndependent · IND520.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +55.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 49.3%
- INC share
- 44.6% → 38.2%
- Turnout
- — → —