Constituency
171. Bidar
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-BIDAR
INC 55.9%won by 16.7%BLD 39.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 56.2% to 16.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 39.3% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.6% to 49.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,06,711
Turnout
49.7%
Valid votes
3,01,402
Margin
50,230
16.67%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SHANKARDEV BALAJI RAOIndian National Congress · INC1,68,55455.9%
- 2RAMCHANDRA VEERAPPABLD · BLD1,18,32439.3%
- 3SHIVRAM MOGHARPK · RPK12,1844.0%
- 4YESHWANTRAO S/O CHANDAPPAIndependent · IND2,3400.8%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BLD swing
- −59.7%
- INC share
- 76.3% → 55.9%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 39.3%
- Turnout
- 52.3% → 49.7%