Constituency
131. Gandasi
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-GANDASI
INC 42.9%won by 3.4%JNP 39.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.3% to 3.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 39.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.4% of the vote between them, up from 62.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
54,404
Margin
1,868
3.43%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1HARANAHALLI RAMASWAMYIndian National Congress · INC23,35242.9%
- 2B. NANJAPPAJanata Party · JNP21,48439.5%
- 3E. NANJE GOWDAIndependent · IND7,23613.3%
- 4M. NANJE GOWDAIndian National Congress · INC2,1013.9%
- 5M. C. SIDDE GOWDAIndependent · IND2310.4%
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
- −35.3%
- INC share
- 38.8% → 42.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 39.5%
- Turnout
- — → —