Constituency
221. Bijapur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-BIJAPUR
JNP 49.4%won by 18.0%INC 31.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 18.0%.
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 49.4% of the vote here (+49.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.8% between them, down from 93.8% — 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
53,024
Margin
9,528
17.97%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JNP- 1BAKSHI SAYYAD HABIBUDDIN SHAMANASAHEBJanata Party · JNP26,19149.4%
- 2TATHOD KHUBASING TEJUIndian National Congress · INC16,66331.4%
- 3JAGITDAR SAYYAD AMINPEER SAYYAD MAINODDINIndependent · IND8,40415.8%
- 4PATIL PAYAPPA SHIVAPPAIndian National Congress · INC1,0532.0%
- 5BIDARI CHANNABASAPPA SAYABANNAIndependent · IND4460.8%
- 6VIJAYKUMAR PREMASING RATHODIndependent · IND2080.4%
- 7AKKI SANGANABASAPPA DUNDAPPAIndependent · IND590.1%
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
- +76.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 49.4%
- INC share
- 58.5% → 31.4%
- Turnout
- — → —