Constituency
166. Sorab
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-SORAB
INC 60.4%won by 41.5%JNP 18.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: SOP (SOP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 41.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 31.2% to 60.4% of the vote here (+29.2%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 18.9% — 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
53,687
Margin
22,295
41.53%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1S. BANGARAPPAIndian National Congress · INC32,42660.4%
- 2S. NAGAPPAJanata Party · JNP10,13118.9%
- 3P. CHENNAVERAPPA GOWDAIndian National Congress · INC8,96516.7%
- 4N. S. CHANDRASEKHARAIndependent · IND1,7413.2%
- 5T. NAGESHAPPAIndependent · IND2800.5%
- 6C. P. LINGARAJAPPA GOWDAIndependent · IND1440.3%
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
- +10.4%
- INC share
- 31.2% → 60.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 18.9%
- Turnout
- — → —