Constituency
182. Hirekerur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-HIREKERUR
IND 52.8%won by 13.8%INC 39.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 13.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 0.0% to 52.8% of the vote here (+52.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.8% between them, down from 99.4% — 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
60,765
Margin
8,408
13.84%
Candidates
5 contested · winner IND- 1GUBBI SHANKARARAO BASALINGAPPAGOUDAIndependent · IND32,10352.8%
- 2BANAKAR BASAVANAPPA GADLAPPAIndian National Congress · INC23,69539.0%
- 3SHANTANAGOUDRA MALLIKARJUNAGOUDAJanata Party · JNP3,0695.1%
- 4BANNIKOD BASAPPA HANUMANATAPPAIndian National Congress · INC1,7082.8%
- 5KUPPELUR ABDULRAJAK DIVANSABIndependent · IND1900.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +67.0%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 52.8%
- INC share
- 53.1% → 39.0%
- Turnout
- — → —