Constituency
139. Vittal
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1983
KA-VITTAL
BJP 37.9%won by 12.8%INC 25.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 12.8%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 0.0% to 37.9% of the vote here (+37.9%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 25.1% — it polled just 1.0% in 1978.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.0% between them, down from 86.7% — the field split more ways.
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
58,784
Margin
7,498
12.76%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJP- 1A. RUKMAYYA POOJARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP22,27737.9%
- 2B. SHIVARAMA SHETTYIndian National Congress · INC14,77925.1%
- 3C. ABDUL HAMEEDIndependent · IND13,08022.3%
- 4B. V. KAKKILLAYACommunist Party of India · CPI7,16012.2%
- 5THUKRAPPA MEREIndependent · IND1,3982.4%
- 6SURYANARAYANA PANJAJEIndependent · IND900.2%
Since 1978
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +13.7%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 37.9%
- INC share
- 1.0% → 25.1%
- Turnout
- — → —