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291. Belgaum

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Mysore · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-BELGAUM

INC 61.5%won by 28.8%NCO 32.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.1% to 28.8%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 32.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.3% of the vote between them, up from 83.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 12.6% to 52.9%.

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

Electorate
5,06,598
Turnout
52.9%
Valid votes
2,68,114
Margin
77,176
28.78%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KOTRASETTI APPAYA KARAVIRAPPAIndian National Congress · INC1,64,97961.5%
  2. 2NAGHANOOR MUGUTASAB NABISABNCO · NCO87,80332.7%
  3. 3JAKATI MALLASARAJ BOJAPPAIndependent · IND8,0773.0%
  4. 4GALAGATI VENKATESH BANDACHARYAIndependent · IND3,4761.3%
  5. 5KULKARNI BALASAHEB APPARAOIndependent · IND2,1810.8%
  6. 6KATTI DATTATRAY APPAIndependent · IND1,5980.6%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
−32.6%
INC share
61.4% → 61.5%
NCO share
0.0% → 32.7%
Turnout
65.5% → 52.9%
290. Dharwar North292. Chikkodi
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