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83. Jayanagar

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1983

KA-JAYANAGAR

JNP 54.0%won by 26.2%INC 27.8%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.8% to 26.2%.

  • 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
69,841
Margin
18,306
26.21%

Candidates

9 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1M. CHANDRASEKHARJanata Party · JNP37,68754.0%
  2. 2MALLUR ANANDA RAOIndian National Congress · INC19,38127.8%
  3. 3K. A. SESHAGIRI RAOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,20516.0%
  4. 4WAHID KHANIndependent · IND3570.5%
  5. 5KRISHNA C.Independent · IND3490.5%
  6. 6A. S. SRINIVASANIndependent · IND2410.3%
  7. 7JYOTHY NARAYANAIndependent · IND2300.3%
  8. 8P. C. VENKATAPPA REDDYIndependent · IND2060.3%
  9. 9A. V. SWAMYIndependent · IND1850.3%

Since 1978

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
JNP
JNP–INC swing
−1.5%
JNP share
56.6% → 54.0%
INC share
28.8% → 27.8%
Turnout
— → —
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