Constituency
99. Hosakote
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-HOSAKOTE
JNP 47.5%won by 19.6%INC 27.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 19.6%.
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 47.5% of the vote here (+47.5%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.4% between them, down from 94.1% — 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
74,559
Margin
14,592
19.57%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1B.N.BACHE GOWDAJanata Party · JNP35,38747.5%
- 2MUNE GOWDAIndian National Congress · INC20,79527.9%
- 3M.SOMASEKHARAIndian National Congress · INC17,05022.9%
- 4ALLAPPAIndependent · IND8791.2%
- 5J.L.SOUZAIndependent · IND4480.6%
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
- +99.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 47.5%
- INC share
- 80.2% → 27.9%
- Turnout
- — → —