Constituency
103. Kirugavalu
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-KIRUGAVALU
JNP 64.0%won by 33.4%INC 30.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: NCO (NCO) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 33.4%.
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 64.0% of the vote here (+64.0%).
- Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
63,611
Margin
21,231
33.38%
Candidates
3 contested · winner JNP- 1G.MADE GOWDAJanata Party · JNP40,71164.0%
- 2RAME GOWDAIndian National Congress · INC19,48030.6%
- 3B.P. NAGARAJA MURTHYIndian National Congress · INC3,4205.4%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- NCO
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +80.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 64.0%
- INC share
- 47.1% → 30.6%
- Turnout
- — → —