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Karnataka Lok Sabha 1980

Results board · 28 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateKarnataka
Seats
28
Constituencies
Majority
15
Seats needed of 28
Electors
1.96Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
1.13Cr
57.7% of electors
Median turnout
57.5%
Median of 28 seats
INC lead
+12
Above majority · 27 − 15

[01]Seat matrix

28 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 28 seats: INC 27, JNP 1. Majority line at 15 seats. Hemicycle of 28 seats: INC 27, JNP 1. Majority line at 15 seats.
Majority · 15 of 28INC 27 · +12 above majority
INC 2796.4% Indian National Congress
JNP 13.6% Janata Party

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 56.3%27 seats · 96.4%
JNP 22.9%1 seat · 3.6%
INC(U) 16.7%0 seats
JNP(S) 1.2%0 seats
CPI 0.2%0 seats
Others 2.7%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. INC converted 56.3% of votes into 96.4% of seats, a seat premium of 40.1 pp.

    27 ÷ 28 = 96.4% · 96.4 − 56.3 = +40.1

  2. JNP polled 22.9% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 1 seat (3.6%).

    1 ÷ 28 = 3.6% · 3.6 − 22.9 = −19.3

  3. Bangalore South was decided by 2,727 votes, the closest of 28 seats; Chikmagalur had the widest margin, 1,64,136.

    min / max of margin over 28 seats with a recorded margin

  4. 1 seat was won by a margin under 1%; JNP won 1 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 1 of 28 · JNP 1

  5. In SC-reserved seats INC won 5 of 5 (100.0%), against 96.4% of all seats.

    5 ÷ 5 = 100.0% · 27 ÷ 28 = 96.4%

  6. Turnout ran from 40.0% in Bidar to 71.2% in Mangalore; the median seat polled 57.5%.

    min / median / max over 28 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

28 of 28 seats carry a turnout
025507510057.5%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 310.7% of seats
50–60 1346.4% of seats
60–70 1035.7% of seats
70–80 27.1% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestBidar40.0%
  • HighestMangalore71.2%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

28 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Karnataka Lok Sabha 1980, all 28 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 Bidar Narsing Hulla Indian National Congress 2,76,075 1,05,408 38.2 40.0
02 Gulbarga Dharamsingh Indian National Congress 3,22,788 1,17,976 36.5 46.1
03 Raichur B.V. Desai Indian National Congress 2,78,149 1,29,050 46.4 41.0
04 KoppalSC H.G. Ramulu Indian National Congress 3,81,478 1,61,803 42.4 52.2
05 BellarySC R.Y. Ghorpade Indian National Congress 3,80,495 1,36,037 35.8 54.3
06 DavangereST T.V. Chandrashekharappa Indian National Congress 4,43,514 1,40,996 31.8 60.2
07 Chitradurga K. Mallanna Indian National Congress 4,30,256 1,09,361 25.4 59.9
08 Tumkur K. Lakkappa Indian National Congress 4,51,867 1,17,061 25.9 67.9
09 ChikballapurST S.N. Prasan Kumar Indian National Congress 4,08,214 1,46,943 36.0 57.1
10 Kolar G.Y. Krishnan Indian National Congress 3,74,057 97,512 26.1 55.5
11 Kanakapura M.V. Chandrasekhara Murthy Indian National Congress 4,86,180 1,28,504 26.4 61.9
12 Bangalore North C.K. Jaffar Sharief Indian National Congress 4,05,967 1,16,535 28.7 52.4
13 Bangalore SouthCLOSEST T.R. Shamanna Janata Party 4,41,603 2,727 0.6 51.2
14 Mandya S.M. Krishna Indian National Congress 4,42,519 1,15,342 26.1 66.1
15 Chamarajanagar V. Sreenivasa Prasad Indian National Congress 4,04,429 1,10,461 27.3 57.3
16 Mysore M. Rajashekaramurthy Indian National Congress 4,07,645 83,036 20.4 57.7
17 Mangalore Janardhana Poojari Indian National Congress 4,55,328 1,28,897 28.3 71.2
18 UdupiSC Oscar Fernandes Indian National Congress 4,30,824 1,59,969 37.1 71.1
19 Hassan H.N. Nanjegowda Indian National Congress 4,59,611 94,748 20.6 63.3
20 ChikmagalurWIDEST D.M. Puttegowda Indian National Congress 3,84,830 1,64,136 42.7 61.1
21 Shimoga S.T. Quadri Indian National Congress 4,48,457 1,51,798 33.8 64.3
22 KanaraSC Naik Devaray G. Indian National Congress 4,29,493 1,16,700 27.2 61.8
23 Dharwad South Mohsin Fakruddinsab Hussensab Indian National Congress 3,84,924 1,51,033 39.2 56.9
24 Dharwad North D.K. Naikar Indian National Congress 3,71,546 96,694 26.0 57.3
25 Belgaum Sidnal Shanmukhappa Basappa Indian National Congress 4,28,774 1,41,197 32.9 61.0
26 Chikkodi B Shankaranand Indian National Congress 3,54,422 1,46,084 41.2 54.0
27 Bagalkot Veerendra Patil Indian National Congress 4,29,689 1,53,973 35.8 62.3
28 BijapurSC Choudhari Kalingappa Bhimanna Indian National Congress 3,76,398 10,562 2.8 55.6
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,64,136 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1980 · Karnataka · 28 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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