Constituency
160. Bhadravathi
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-BHADRAVATHI
INC 49.6%won by 5.3%JNP 44.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.8% to 5.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 44.3% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.0% of the vote between them, up from 82.8% — 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
65,623
Margin
3,474
5.29%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1G. RAJASHEKARIndian National Congress · INC32,57349.6%
- 2K. M. JAVARAIAHJanata Party · JNP29,09944.3%
- 3CHOKKALINGAMAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK2,0183.1%
- 4D. K. THIMMEGOWDAIndian National Congress · INC1,2731.9%
- 5K. JYOTHY LINGARAOIndependent · IND2960.5%
- 6ABDUL KHUDUS ANVERIndependent · IND2340.4%
- 7AMEER JANMUL · MUL1300.2%
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
- −37.5%
- INC share
- 42.8% → 49.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 44.3%
- Turnout
- — → —