Constituency
138. Puttur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-PUTTUR
JNP 43.3%won by 1.1%INC 42.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 1.1%.
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 43.3% of the vote here (+43.3%).
- 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
59,445
Margin
642
1.08%
Candidates
3 contested · winner JNP- 1K. RAMA BHATJanata Party · JNP25,75143.3%
- 2BETTA P. ISHWARA BHATIndian National Congress · INC25,10942.2%
- 3B. HUKRAPPAIndependent · IND8,58514.4%
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
- +57.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 43.3%
- INC share
- 56.4% → 42.2%
- Turnout
- — → —