Constituency
158. Channagiri
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-CHANNAGIRI
JNP 49.0%won by 16.8%INC 32.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 16.8%.
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 49.0% of the vote here (+49.0%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.1% between them, down from 92.0% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
61,743
Margin
10,401
16.85%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1J. H. PATELJanata Party · JNP30,22749.0%
- 2ABDUL HAMEED KHANIndian National Congress · INC19,82632.1%
- 3N. G. HALAPPAIndian National Congress · INC10,57017.1%
- 4UMMAR KHANIndependent · IND1,1201.8%
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
- +71.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 49.0%
- INC share
- 54.5% → 32.1%
- Turnout
- — → —