Constituency
151. Moodabidri
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-MOODABIDRI
INC 52.6%won by 9.5%JNP 43.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.0% to 9.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 43.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
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
49,096
Margin
4,679
9.53%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1DAMODAR MULKYIndian National Congress · INC25,80052.6%
- 2K. AMARNATH SHETTYJanata Party · JNP21,12143.0%
- 3S. D. SAMRAJYAIndian National Congress · INC2,1754.4%
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
- −55.4%
- INC share
- 64.9% → 52.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 43.0%
- Turnout
- — → —