Constituency
180. Shiggaon
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-SHIGGAON
INC 56.4%won by 18.7%JNP 37.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.7% to 18.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 37.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.0% of the vote between them, up from 88.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
59,735
Margin
11,173
18.70%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1NADAF MAHAMMADKHASHEEMSAB MARDANSABIndian National Congress · INC33,66956.4%
- 2PATIL SHANKARAGOUDA GULANAGOUDAJanata Party · JNP22,49637.7%
- 3PATIL SHANKARAGOUDA RUDRAGOUDAIndian National Congress · INC2,7594.6%
- 4BANNUR ABDULRASHEED KHADARGOUSIndependent · IND5450.9%
- 5MIRAJAKAR RAMACHANDRA YEGAPPAIndependent · IND2660.4%
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
- −30.1%
- INC share
- 48.8% → 56.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 37.7%
- Turnout
- — → —