Constituency
97. Doddaballapur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-DODDABALLAPUR
INC 56.9%won by 16.1%JNP 40.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 54.3% to 16.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 40.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
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
69,389
Margin
11,138
16.05%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1G.RAMEGOWDAIndian National Congress · INC39,47656.9%
- 2A.NEELAKANTAIAHJanata Party · JNP28,33840.8%
- 3M.HANUMANTHAIAHIndian National Congress · INC9461.4%
- 4B.NARAYANASWAMYIndependent · IND3460.5%
- 5GANGADHARAIAHIndependent · IND2830.4%
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
- −59.3%
- INC share
- 75.3% → 56.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 40.8%
- Turnout
- — → —