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76. Malleshwaram

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1983

KA-MALLESHWARAM

JNP 66.0%won by 43.8%INC 22.2%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.8% to 43.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Safe seatJanata Party 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
65,253
Margin
28,600
43.83%

Candidates

10 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1P. RAMDEVJanata Party · JNP43,08366.0%
  2. 2K. V. ACHARIndian National Congress · INC14,48322.2%
  3. 3N. A. CHIDAMBARABharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,0429.3%
  4. 4RADHAKRISHNAIndependent · IND4000.6%
  5. 5B. C. MANGALADAIAHIndependent · IND3730.6%
  6. 6LALITHAMMAIndependent · IND2710.4%
  7. 7M. KRISHNA RAOICJ · ICJ2540.4%
  8. 8J. G. PRASADIndependent · IND2000.3%
  9. 9J. SHIVARAMIndependent · IND830.1%
  10. 10H. K. BASAVARAJUIndependent · IND640.1%

Since 1978

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
JNP
JNP–INC swing
−10.4%
JNP share
57.0% → 66.0%
INC share
2.7% → 22.2%
Turnout
— → —
75. Malur77. Rajaji Nagar
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