Constituency
90. Varthur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1983
KA-VARTHUR
CPM 59.1%won by 24.2%INC 34.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 24.2%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 10.1% to 59.1% of the vote here (+49.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.9% of the vote between them, up from 68.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
81,834
Margin
19,811
24.21%
Candidates
11 contested · winner CPM- 1S. SURYANARAYANA RAOCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM48,34459.1%
- 2B. V. RAMACHANDRA REDDYIndian National Congress · INC28,53334.9%
- 3M. RAMACHANDRABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,8452.3%
- 4P. H. KRISHNAPPALKD · LKD7460.9%
- 5M. SHIVASHANKARAPPAICS · ICS4770.6%
- 6S. RAJAGOPALIndependent · IND4760.6%
- 7T. RAMADASAPAIndependent · IND4580.6%
- 8G. VENKATASWAMYIndependent · IND4030.5%
- 9B. M. UGRACHARIndependent · IND2240.3%
- 10A. KRISHNAIndependent · IND1710.2%
- 11M. D. LOKESHICJ · ICJ1570.2%
Since 1978
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +41.9%
- CPM share
- 10.1% → 59.1%
- INC share
- 27.7% → 34.9%
- Turnout
- — → —