Election
Constituency

144. Surathkal

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1983

KA-SURATHKAL

JNP 61.8%won by 23.7%INC 38.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 23.7%.

  • JNP vote shareJNP went from 30.3% to 61.8% of the vote here (+31.6%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 88.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
47,033
Margin
11,131
23.67%

Candidates

2 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1LOKAYYA SHETTYJanata Party · JNP29,08261.8%
  2. 2ADYANTHAYA N. M.Indian National Congress · INC17,95138.2%

Since 1978

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNPINC swing
+52.0%
JNP share
30.3% 61.8%
INC share
58.6% 38.2%
Turnout