Constituency
123. Hunsur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-HUNSUR
INC 55.2%won by 18.1%JNP 37.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.6% to 18.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 37.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.4% of the vote between them, up from 75.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
66,551
Margin
12,055
18.11%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1D.DEVARAJ URSIndian National Congress · INC36,76655.2%
- 2H.L. THIMMEGOWDAJanata Party · JNP24,71137.1%
- 3S.CHIKKAMADUIndependent · IND4,6657.0%
- 4G.RANGASWAMYIndependent · IND4090.6%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −33.4%
- INC share
- 51.5% → 55.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 37.1%
- Turnout
- — → —