Constituency
39. Harpanahalli
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1983
KA-HARPANAHALLI
INC 56.6%won by 26.6%JNP 30.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.1% to 26.6%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.7% between them, down from 91.8% — 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
51,652
Margin
13,717
26.56%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1B. H. YANKA NAIKIndian National Congress · INC29,24956.6%
- 2D. SEELYA NAIKJanata Party · JNP15,53230.1%
- 3D. NARAYANA DASIndependent · IND6,87113.3%
Since 1978
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- +14.5%
- INC share
- 51.9% → 56.6%
- JNP share
- 39.9% → 30.1%
- Turnout
- — → —