Election history

Mysore Lok Sabha Elections

Historical results, trends and insights from 1962 to 1971.

Lok Sabha3 Vidhan Sabha3

1971 1967 1962

Current seats

in the present Lok Sabha

Elections contested

Leading party, 1971

INC

27 of 27 seats

Compare elections

See what changed between any two Lok Sabha elections in Mysore.

Seat swings, vote share shifts and constituency-level changes, side by side.

Seat share over the years

Seats and vote share by election for the parties that have won the most Lok Sabha seats in Mysore

Party	1971	1967	1962
INC	27	18	25
SWA	0	5	0
PSP	0	2	0
IND	0	1	0
Others	0	1	1
Total seats	27	27	26

Seats won over time

The four parties that have won the most Lok Sabha seats in Mysore

Constituency performance

From the 27 results in Mysore, 1971

Best performance

MADHUGIRI

K. MALLANNA, 83.93% share

Closest contest

BIJAPUR

won by 47,693 (22.15%)

Biggest victory

KOLAR

won by 1,94,519 (72.88%)

Lowest turnout

RAICHUR

41.20%

Seat change & vote share

Mysore, 1971

Retained16 (59%)
Changed hands9 (33%)
New seat2 (7%)

16 constituencies were won by the same party as 1967; 9 changed hands; 2 did not exist then.

Vote share by party

INC70.87%

NCO16.36%

IND4.20%

SWA3.66%

BJS1.90%

PSP1.27%

SSP1.03%

CPM0.59%

Result by election

1971National result →27 seats

INC27

1967National result →27 seats

INC18
SWA5
PSP2
IND1
SSP1

1962National result →26 seats

INC25
LSS1

Constituencies

29 current, 26 under former boundaries · showing 1–50 of 55

No.	Constituency	Reservation	Elections	Last contested
1	BIDAR	SC	2	1971
2	GULBARGA	GEN	2	1971
3	RAICHUR	GEN	2	1971
4	KOPPAL	GEN	2	1971
5	BELLARY	GEN	2	1971
6	CHITRADURGA	GEN	2	1971
7	TUMKUR	GEN	2	1971
8	MADHUGIRI	GEN	1	1971
8	NADHUGIRI	GEN	1	1967
9	KOLAR	SC	2	1971
10	HOSKOTE	GEN	2	1971
11	BANGALORE	GEN	2	1971
12	KANAKAPURA	GEN	2	1971
13	MANDYA	GEN	2	1971
14	CHAMARAJANAGAR	SC	2	1971
15	MYSORE	GEN	2	1971
16	MANGALORE	GEN	2	1971
17	UDIPI	GEN	2	1971
18	HASSAN	GEN	2	1971
19	CHIKMAGALUR	GEN	2	1971
20	SHIMOGA	GEN	2	1971
21	KANARA	GEN	2	1971
22	DHARWAR SOUTH	GEN	2	1971
23	DHARWAR NORTH	GEN	2	1971
24	BELGAUM	GEN	2	1971
25	CHIKKODI	SC	1	1971
25	CHIKODI	SC	1	1967
26	BAGALKOT	GEN	2	1971
27	BIJAPUR	GEN	2	1971
1	BIDARformer boundary	SC	1	1962
2	GULBARGAformer boundary	GEN	1	1962
3	BIJAPUR NORTHformer boundary	GEN	1	1962
4	BIJAPUR SOUTHformer boundary	GEN	1	1962
5	CHIKODIformer boundary	GEN	1	1962
6	BELGAUMformer boundary	GEN	1	1962
7	KANARAformer boundary	GEN	1	1962
8	DHARWAR SOUTHformer boundary	GEN	1	1962
9	DHARWAR NORTHformer boundary	GEN	1	1962
10	RAICHURformer boundary	GEN	1	1962
11	KOPPALformer boundary	GEN	1	1962
12	BELLARYformer boundary	GEN	1	1962
13	CHITRADURGAformer boundary	GEN	1	1962
14	SHIMOGAformer boundary	GEN	1	1962
15	UDIPIformer boundary	GEN	1	1962
16	MANGALOREformer boundary	GEN	1	1962
17	HASSANformer boundary	GEN	1	1962
18	TIPTURformer boundary	GEN	1	1962
19	TUMKURformer boundary	GEN	1	1962
20	CHIKBALLAPURformer boundary	GEN	1	1962
21	KOLARformer boundary	SC	1	1962

Seats marked “former boundary” were redrawn by a later delimitation order. A name that survives a redrawing keeps its own page, with each boundary era labelled on the result.