Constituency
286. Chikmagalur
Community mirrorMysore · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-CHIKMAGALUR
INC 72.0%won by 46.1%BJS 25.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 46.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 35.9% to 72.0% of the vote here (+36.2%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 25.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.9% of the vote between them, up from 79.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.5% to 57.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,56,969
Turnout
57.2%
Valid votes
2,61,299
Margin
1,20,409
46.08%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1D. B. CHANDRE GOWDAIndian National Congress · INC1,88,15172.0%
- 2B. V. CHANDRA SEKHARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS67,74225.9%
- 3H. P. GANAPATHI PRABHUIndependent · IND3,5431.4%
- 4T. RUDRAPPAIndependent · IND1,8630.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +10.2%
- INC share
- 35.9% → 72.0%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 25.9%
- Turnout
- 60.7% → 57.2%