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Constituency

66. Sidlaghatta

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1983

KA-SIDLAGHATTA

INC 51.5%won by 3.7%IND 47.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.5% to 3.7%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 47.8% — it polled just 0.5% in 1978.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.4% of the vote between them, up from 94.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
67,432
Margin
2,513
3.73%

Since 1978

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−48.6%
INC share
52.8% 51.5%
IND share
0.5% 47.8%
Turnout