Constituency
179. Kundgol
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-KUNDGOL
INC 60.7%won by 31.2%JNP 29.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.3% to 31.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 29.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.2% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
57,232
Margin
17,877
31.24%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1KATAGI MAHADEVAPPA SHIVAPPAIndian National Congress · INC34,76160.7%
- 2MUNIR DIVANASAB HAIDARSABJanata Party · JNP16,88429.5%
- 3UMACHAGI LINGANAGOUDA BASANAGOUDAIndependent · IND2,3854.2%
- 4BISIROTTI FAKKIRAPPA FAKKIRAPPAIndependent · IND1,3002.3%
- 5PATIL GOUDAPPAGOUDA SHIVANAGOUDAIndependent · IND7961.4%
- 6SHETTAR CHANNABASAPPA GURUSHIDDAPPAIndian National Congress · INC7791.4%
- 7BAGAL SHIVAPPA MALLAPPAIndependent · IND2730.5%
- 8HARIJAN YAMANAPPA BASAPPAIndependent · IND540.1%
Since 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
- −29.4%
- INC share
- 60.7% → 60.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 29.5%
- Turnout
- — → —