Constituency
124. Krishnarajanagar
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-KRISHNARAJANAGAR
INC 54.9%won by 14.9%JNP 40.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.3% to 14.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 40.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.9% of the vote between them, up from 63.4% — 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
61,155
Margin
9,130
14.93%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1VISWANATHA H.Indian National Congress · INC33,57154.9%
- 2NANJAPPA S.Janata Party · JNP24,44140.0%
- 3JAVAREGOWDA S.B.Indian National Congress · INC2,7174.4%
- 4SATHIGOWDAIndependent · IND3160.5%
- 5AJITHRAN S.AIndependent · IND1100.2%
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
- −22.9%
- INC share
- 37.9% → 54.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 40.0%
- Turnout
- — → —