Constituency
157. Tarikere
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-TARIKERE
INC 48.4%won by 12.2%JNP 36.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 12.4% to 12.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 36.2% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.6% of the vote between them, up from 59.5% — 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
62,032
Margin
7,538
12.15%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1H. M. MALLIKARJUNAPPAIndian National Congress · INC30,01648.4%
- 2H. R. BASAVARAJUJanata Party · JNP22,47836.2%
- 3D. L. MALLAIAHIndian National Congress · INC9,53815.4%
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
- −23.8%
- INC share
- 36.0% → 48.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 36.2%
- Turnout
- — → —