Constituency
178. Tumkur
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-TUMKUR
INC 57.7%won by 16.2%BLD 41.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 50.1% to 16.2%.
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 16.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 41.4% — it did not contest here in 1971.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,03,974
Turnout
68.1%
Valid votes
4,11,216
Margin
66,817
16.25%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1K. LAKKAPPAIndian National Congress · INC2,37,08657.7%
- 2S. MALLIKARJUNIAHBLD · BLD1,70,26941.4%
- 3ABDUL SUBHANIndependent · IND3,8610.9%
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
- −58.2%
- INC share
- 74.5% → 57.7%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 41.4%
- Turnout
- 66.5% → 68.1%