Constituency
95. Magadi
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-MAGADI
JNP 49.1%won by 8.3%INC 40.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 8.3%.
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 49.1% of the vote here (+49.1%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from NCO (NCO) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.8% of the vote between them, up from 75.5% — 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
64,448
Margin
5,373
8.34%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JNP- 1BETTASWAMY GOWDAJanata Party · JNP31,62849.1%
- 2HULIKATTE G. CHANNAPPAIndian National Congress · INC26,25540.7%
- 3HARTHI G. CHANNAPPAIndian National Congress · INC4,3116.7%
- 4C.R. VENKATAPPAIndependent · IND1,1371.8%
- 5B.L. PRASANNA KUMARA GUPTAIndependent · IND6060.9%
- 6M.G. JAYANANDASWAMYIndependent · IND3050.5%
- 7H.S. GAGANNAIndependent · IND2060.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +32.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 49.1%
- INC share
- 24.5% → 40.7%
- Turnout
- — → —