Constituency
172. Gulbarga
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-GULBARGA
INC 60.7%won by 27.5%BLD 33.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 38.0% to 27.5%.
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 7.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 33.2% — it did not contest here in 1971.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,29,721
Turnout
49.3%
Valid votes
3,10,522
Margin
85,392
27.50%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1SIDRAM REDDIIndian National Congress · INC1,88,38160.7%
- 2GOVIND VADEYARAJBLD · BLD1,02,98933.2%
- 3SRINIWAS GUDICommunist Party of India · CPI19,1526.2%
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
- −40.6%
- INC share
- 68.1% → 60.7%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 33.2%
- Turnout
- 48.0% → 49.3%