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Constituency

11. Shahabad

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1983

KA-SHAHABAD

CPI 44.6%won by 0.8%INC 43.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.6% to 0.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.5% of the vote between them, up from 83.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
37,825
Margin
298
0.79%

Since 1978

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPIINC swing
−43.5%
CPI share
51.5% 44.6%
INC share
7.3% 43.9%
Turnout