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Constituency

171. Ankola

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1978

KA-ANKOLA

JNP 55.6%won by 19.5%INC 36.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 19.5%.

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

  • JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 55.6% of the vote here (+55.6%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.7% of the vote between them, up from 67.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
50,170
Margin
9,797
19.53%

Since 1972

Derived

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

Winner then
INC
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNPINC swing
+61.3%
JNP share
0.0% 55.6%
INC share
41.8% 36.1%
Turnout