Constituency
294. Bijapur
Community mirrorMysore · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-BIJAPUR
INC 61.1%won by 22.2%NCO 38.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 22.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 48.6% to 61.1% of the vote here (+12.4%).
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 38.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.2% to 47.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,50,749
Turnout
47.8%
Valid votes
2,15,279
Margin
47,693
22.15%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1BHIMAPPA ELLAPPA CHOUDHARIIndian National Congress · INC1,31,48661.1%
- 2BASAGONDAPPA KADAPPA GUDADINNINCO · NCO83,79338.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–NCO swing
- −26.5%
- INC share
- 48.6% → 61.1%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 38.9%
- Turnout
- 51.0% → 47.8%