Constituency
164. Hosannagar
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-HOSANNAGAR
INC 50.2%won by 7.0%JNP 43.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.1% to 7.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 43.2% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.5% of the vote between them, up from 78.2% — 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
55,928
Margin
3,918
7.01%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1S. M. SHEERANALY CHANDRASEKHARIndian National Congress · INC28,09250.2%
- 2B. SWAMY RAOJanata Party · JNP24,17443.2%
- 3ABDUL RAHMANIndependent · IND1,7433.1%
- 4D. GANGAMMA D. B.Indian National Congress · INC1,3742.5%
- 5C. MALLAPPAIndependent · IND3430.6%
- 6H. TASVEERAHMEDIndependent · IND2020.4%
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
- −34.7%
- INC share
- 41.7% → 50.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 43.2%
- Turnout
- — → —