Election
Constituency

41. Davangere

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1983

KA-DAVANGERE

CPI 48.2%won by 24.5%IND 23.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.4% to 24.5%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 23.7% — it polled just 0.5% in 1978.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.9% between them, down from 89.8% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
75,737
Margin
18,579
24.53%

Candidates

9 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1PAMPAPATHICommunist Party of India · CPI36,50748.2%
  2. 2H. MOHAMMED IQBAL SABIndependent · IND17,92823.7%
  3. 3NAGAMMA C. KESHAVAMURTHYIndian National Congress · INC14,55519.2%
  4. 4S. A. RAVINDRANATHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,7957.7%
  5. 5MUDEGOWADRA MALLIKARJUNAPPAIndependent · IND4670.6%
  6. 6AMEER JANIndependent · IND3000.4%
  7. 7A. M. GIRIIndependent · IND1160.2%
  8. 8ABDUL LATHEEFIndependent · IND360.0%
  9. 9S. G. N. SWAMY RAOIndependent · IND330.0%

Since 1978

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–IND swing
−26.1%
CPI share
51.1% → 48.2%
IND share
0.5% → 23.7%
Turnout
— → —
40. Harihar42. Mayakonda
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