Constituency
120. Chamarajanagar
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-CHAMARAJANAGAR
JNP 48.8%won by 21.3%INC 27.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 21.3%.
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 48.8% of the vote here (+48.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.4% between them, down from 97.8% — 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
74,505
Margin
15,878
21.31%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1M.C.BASAPPAJanata Party · JNP36,38948.8%
- 2S.PUTTASWAMYIndian National Congress · INC20,51127.5%
- 3R.VENKATARANGA NAIKAIndian National Congress · INC16,86222.6%
- 4KUNNAMADDAIAHIndependent · IND7431.0%
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
- +71.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 48.8%
- INC share
- 50.4% → 27.5%
- Turnout
- — → —