Constituency
46. Molakalmuru
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1983
KA-MOLAKALMURU
INC 50.2%won by 15.3%JNP 34.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.4% to 15.3%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.1% between them, down from 95.7% — the field split more ways.
- 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
55,061
Margin
8,439
15.33%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1N. G. NAIKIndian National Congress · INC27,65950.2%
- 2B. M. THIPPESWAMYJanata Party · JNP19,22034.9%
- 3R. RAJANNAIndependent · IND7,50313.6%
- 4BHAGEERATHI NAIKIndependent · IND5271.0%
- 5GURUBASAPPAIndependent · IND1520.3%
Since 1978
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- +9.9%
- INC share
- 50.5% → 50.2%
- JNP share
- 45.1% → 34.9%
- Turnout
- — → —