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Constituency

125. Periyapatna

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1983

KA-PERIYAPATNA

INC 33.9%won by 9.5%JNP 24.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.5%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.3% between them, down from 73.6% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
68,825
Margin
6,531
9.49%

Since 1978

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCJNP swing
+20.5%
INC share
31.3% 33.9%
JNP share
42.3% 24.4%
Turnout