Constituency
269. Gulbarga
Community mirrorMysore · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-GULBARGA
INC 68.1%won by 38.0%NCO 30.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 25.1% to 38.0%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 30.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.1% of the vote between them, up from 92.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,23,684
Turnout
48.0%
Valid votes
2,51,645
Margin
95,574
37.98%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1DHARAMAO SHARANAPPA AFZALPURKARIndian National Congress · INC1,71,26468.1%
- 2SHARANBASAPPA APPA DODDAPPANCO · NCO75,69030.1%
- 3B. SHAMSUNDER MANIKYAMIndependent · IND4,6911.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–NCO swing
- −20.8%
- INC share
- 58.8% → 68.1%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 30.1%
- Turnout
- 47.4% → 48.0%