Constituency
140. Belthangady
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-BELTHANGADY
INC 55.5%won by 17.5%JNP 38.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 38.7% to 17.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 38.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.5% of the vote between them, up from 77.2% — 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
56,287
Margin
9,867
17.53%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1GANGADHAR K.Indian National Congress · INC31,25555.5%
- 2K. CHIDANANDAJanata Party · JNP21,38838.0%
- 3G. N. BHIDEIndian National Congress · INC1,9523.5%
- 4M. S. PRABHAKARA SAMPIGETHAYAIndependent · IND1,4632.6%
- 5SANATHKUMAR HEGDEIndependent · IND2290.4%
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
- −40.4%
- INC share
- 58.0% → 55.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 38.0%
- Turnout
- — → —