Constituency
134. Arkalgud
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-ARKALGUD
JNP 55.0%won by 31.5%INC 23.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 31.5%.
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 55.0% of the vote here (+55.0%).
- 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
58,736
Margin
18,491
31.48%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1MALLAPA K. B.Janata Party · JNP32,31555.0%
- 2PUTTALINGEGOWDAIndian National Congress · INC13,82423.5%
- 3NANJEGOWDA H. N.Indian National Congress · INC11,71719.9%
- 4SANNADEVAIAH H. P.Independent · IND6741.1%
- 5EROGOWDAIndependent · IND2060.4%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +88.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 55.0%
- INC share
- 57.2% → 23.5%
- Turnout
- — → —