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283. Mangalore

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Mysore · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-MANGALORE

INC 64.6%won by 38.1%NCO 26.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.4% to 38.1%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 26.5% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.1% of the vote between them, up from 72.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.7% to 63.2%.

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

Electorate
5,03,353
Turnout
63.2%
Valid votes
3,18,180
Margin
1,21,230
38.10%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1K. K. SHETTYIndian National Congress · INC2,05,51664.6%
  2. 2CHEPPUDIRA MUTHNNA POONACHANCO · NCO84,28626.5%
  3. 3M. H. KRISHNNAPPACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM22,6707.1%
  4. 4S. N. VASUDEVA RAOIndependent · IND2,9910.9%
  5. 5ISHWARA BHAT PARPAKAJEPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,7170.9%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
−3.0%
INC share
41.1% → 64.6%
NCO share
0.0% → 26.5%
Turnout
67.9% → 63.2%
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