Constituency
217. Muddebihal
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-MUDDEBIHAL
JNP 59.9%won by 36.0%INC 23.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 36.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 59.9% of the vote here (+59.9%).
- Safe seatJanata Party 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
48,215
Margin
17,371
36.03%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1DESHUKH JAGADEV RAO SANGANABASAPPAJanata Party · JNP28,85759.9%
- 2SAJJAN MALLAPPA MURIGEPPAIndian National Congress · INC11,48623.8%
- 3KAZI SYED SIRAJUDDIN ABDUL RAUFIndependent · IND3,5307.3%
- 4MAKANDAR BAWASA NABISAIndian National Congress · INC2,1184.4%
- 5MASALIN SREESAILAPPA CHANNAPPAIndependent · IND1,5483.2%
- 6CHINIWAR SANGAMESH ANDANEPPAIndependent · IND6761.4%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +76.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 59.9%
- INC share
- 40.3% → 23.8%
- Turnout
- — → —