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Constituency

184. Byadgi

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1978

KA-BYADGI

INC 58.3%won by 23.9%JNP 34.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.8% to 23.9%.

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

  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 34.4% — it did not contest here in 1972.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.6% of the vote between them, up from 77.6% — 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
47,414
Margin
11,351
23.94%

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
INC
INCJNP swing
−23.7%
INC share
47.7% 58.3%
JNP share
0.0% 34.4%
Turnout