Election
Constituency

185. Haveri

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1978

KA-HAVERI

INC 59.0%won by 29.4%JNP 29.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.5% to 29.4%.

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

  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 29.6% — it did not contest here in 1972.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
57,755
Margin
16,962
29.37%

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
−27.8%
INC share
57.2% 59.0%
JNP share
0.0% 29.6%
Turnout