Constituency
19. Shorapur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1983
KA-SHORAPUR
INC 54.0%won by 30.8%JNP 23.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.1% to 30.8%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.1% between them, down from 88.8% — the field split more ways.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
48,301
Margin
14,885
30.82%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1MADAN GOPAL NAIKIndian National Congress · INC26,06254.0%
- 2RAJA PIDDA NAIKJanata Party · JNP11,17723.1%
- 3RAJA KUMAR NAIK RAJA VENKATAPPA NAIKIndependent · IND11,06222.9%
Since 1978
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- +15.7%
- INC share
- 52.0% → 54.0%
- JNP share
- 36.9% → 23.1%
- Turnout
- — → —