Constituency
165. Sagar
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-SAGAR
INC 52.3%won by 4.5%JNP 47.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
59,123
Margin
2,683
4.54%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1L. T. THIMMAPPA HEGADEIndian National Congress · INC30,90352.3%
- 2KAGODU THIMAPPAJanata Party · JNP28,22047.7%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SOP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- −35.2%
- INC share
- 39.7% → 52.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 47.7%
- Turnout
- — → —