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Mysore · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-BANGALORE

INC 65.1%won by 37.3%BJS 27.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.5% to 37.3%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 27.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.0% of the vote between them, up from 77.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.8% to 44.6%.

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

Electorate
6,25,147
Turnout
44.6%
Valid votes
2,79,159
Margin
1,04,030
37.27%

Candidates

14 contested · winner INC
  1. 1K. HANUMANTHAIYAIndian National Congress · INC1,81,81965.1%
  2. 2M. GOPALA KRISHNA ADIGABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS77,78927.9%
  3. 3H. S. KRISHNANCommunist Party of India · CPI6,9142.5%
  4. 4S. R. MUKHTAR AHMEDIndependent · IND4,3711.6%
  5. 5L. KRISHNA MURTHYIndependent · IND2,1370.8%
  6. 6S. CLEMENTIndependent · IND1,7950.6%
  7. 7C. S. GUNDAPPAIndependent · IND1,4900.5%
  8. 8R. SHANMUGAMIndependent · IND1,3210.5%
  9. 9C. KRISHNAIndependent · IND3970.1%
  10. 10G. RANGASWAMYIndependent · IND3190.1%
  11. 11T. DORAIRAJIndependent · IND3070.1%
  12. 12S. N. SASTRYIndependent · IND1830.1%
  13. 13H. Y. S. DEVARUIndependent · IND1630.1%
  14. 14KRISHNA KANT MISRAIndependent · IND1540.1%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
−10.6%
INC share
47.9% → 65.1%
BJS share
0.0% → 27.9%
Turnout
50.5% → 44.6%
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