Constituency
186. Shirhatti
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-SHIRHATTI
INC 55.0%won by 27.2%JNP 27.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 24.5% to 27.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 27.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.9% of the vote between them, up from 66.1% — 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
51,984
Margin
14,140
27.20%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1UPANAL GULAPPA FAKIRAPPAIndian National Congress · INC28,60655.0%
- 2NOORASHETTAR IRAPPA CHANDABASAPPAJanata Party · JNP14,46627.8%
- 3KAPPATTANAVAR VIRAPAKSHAPPA BASAPPAIndian National Congress · INC8,19015.8%
- 4PATIL VEERANAGOUDA RUDRAGOUDAIndependent · IND6111.2%
- 5YALAMALI ISHWARAPPA SHIVAPPAIndependent · IND1110.2%
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
- −18.1%
- INC share
- 45.3% → 55.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 27.8%
- Turnout
- — → —