Constituency
178. Chikmagalur
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-CHIKMAGALUR
INCI 63.5%won by 43.5%JNP 20.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 43.5%.
- INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 63.5% of the vote here (+63.5%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 20.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.5% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.0% to 59.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,30,138
Turnout
59.8%
Valid votes
3,77,016
Margin
1,64,136
43.54%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INCI- 1D.M. PUTTEGOWDAINCI · INCI2,39,52263.5%
- 2K.M. THAMMAIAHJanata Party · JNP75,38620.0%
- 3C.M.S. SASTRYINCU · INCU56,25914.9%
- 4M.K. DAYANANDAIndependent · IND2,3850.6%
- 5HOTTEPAKSHA RANGASWAMY ALIAS SWAMY RANGANATHANANDA PURIIndependent · IND1,9010.5%
- 6B.S. HALAPPAIndependent · IND1,5630.4%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INCIflipped
- INCI–JNP swing
- +43.5%
- INCI share
- 0.0% → 63.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 20.0%
- Turnout
- 65.8% → 59.8%