Election
Constituency

19. Shorapur

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1983

KA-SHORAPUR

INC 54.0%won by 30.8%JNP 23.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
48,301
Margin
14,885
30.82%

Since 1978

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJNP swing
+15.7%
INC share
52.0% 54.0%
JNP share
36.9% 23.1%
Turnout