Election
Constituency

165. Sagar

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1978

KA-SAGAR

INC 52.3%won by 4.5%JNP 47.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: SOP (SOP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 4.5%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 39.7% to 52.3% of the vote here (+12.6%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 47.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
59,123
Margin
2,683
4.54%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1L. T. THIMMAPPA HEGADEIndian National Congress · INC30,90352.3%
  2. 2KAGODU THIMAPPAJanata Party · JNP28,22047.7%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
SOP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCJNP swing
−35.2%
INC share
39.7% 52.3%
JNP share
0.0% 47.7%
Turnout