Who won Badami in the 1962 Assembly election?

VENKANAGOUDA HANUMANTAGOUDA PATIL of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Badami in the 1962 Assembly election with 17,573 votes (58.9% vote share), a margin of 5,988 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

20. Badami

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1962

KA-BADAMI

INC 58.9%won by 20.1%SWA 38.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.5% to 20.1%.

New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 38.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate

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Turnout

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Valid votes

29,821

Margin

5,988

20.08%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC

1VENKANAGOUDA HANUMANTAGOUDA PATIL Indian National Congress · INC17,57358.9%
2SHANKARAPPA SHANKARAPPA PATTANSHETTI Swatantra Party · SWA11,58538.8%
3MRUTYUNJAYA NEELKANTHAYYA HIREMATH JS · JS6632.2%

Since 1957

Derived

Winner then: INC
Winner now: INC
INC–SWA swing: −40.6%
INC share: 60.7% → 58.9%
SWA share: 0.0% → 38.8%
Turnout: — → —

19. Shorapur 21. Guledgud

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