Constituency
98. Devanahalli
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-DEVANAHALLI
JNP 47.9%won by 8.3%INC 39.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) 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 47.9% of the vote here (+47.9%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.6% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
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
68,653
Margin
5,673
8.26%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1B.N. BACHE GOWDAJanata Party · JNP32,91947.9%
- 2MUNU GOWDAIndian National Congress · INC27,24639.7%
- 3M.SOMASEKHARAIndian National Congress · INC6,97310.2%
- 4ALLAPPAIndependent · IND1,0431.5%
- 5J.L. D SOUZAIndependent · IND4720.7%
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
- +61.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 47.9%
- INC share
- 53.4% → 39.7%
- Turnout
- — → —