Constituency
169. Bhatkal
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-BHATKAL
INC 54.4%won by 14.0%JNP 40.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.3% to 14.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 40.4% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
56,628
Margin
7,933
14.01%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INCSince 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
- −41.9%
- INC share
- 55.9% → 54.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 40.4%
- Turnout
- — → —