Constituency
2. Bhalki
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1983
KA-BHALKI
INC 61.3%won by 22.6%JNP 38.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.4% to 22.6%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Janata Party (JNP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 79.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
52,581
Margin
11,897
22.63%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1BHIMANNA KHANDREIndian National Congress · INC32,23961.3%
- 2BABURAO GORCHIN CHOLIKJanata Party · JNP20,34238.7%
Since 1978
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −4.9%
- INC share
- 44.6% → 61.3%
- JNP share
- 17.0% → 38.7%
- Turnout
- — → —