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61. Turuvekere

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1983

KA-TURUVEKERE

INC 54.1%won by 27.2%IND 26.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.3% to 27.2%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 26.8% — it polled just 1.2% in 1978.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.9% of the vote between them, up from 74.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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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Valid votes
61,238
Margin
16,687
27.25%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BHYRAPPAJIIndian National Congress · INC33,11054.1%
  2. 2K. B. RAMAKRISHNAIAHIndependent · IND16,42326.8%
  3. 3M. S. SHANTHAKUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,60312.4%
  4. 4H. A. RAMAIAHJanata Party · JNP3,8786.3%
  5. 5T. M. JAYADEVAPPAIndependent · IND1300.2%
  6. 6HUTVHEGOWDAIndependent · IND940.2%

Since 1978

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−10.8%
INC share
39.3% → 54.1%
IND share
1.2% → 26.8%
Turnout
— → —
60. Gubbi62. Tiptur
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