Constituency
178. Kalghatgi
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-KALGHATGI
JNP 48.7%won by 12.4%INC 36.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 12.4%.
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 48.7% of the vote here (+48.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.1% between them, down from 97.1% — the field split more ways.
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
48,811
Margin
6,053
12.40%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNPSince 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +64.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 48.7%
- INC share
- 51.9% → 36.3%
- Turnout
- — → —