Constituency
162. Shimoga
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1983
KA-SHIMOGA
BJP 35.1%won by 4.5%JNP 30.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 4.5%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 0.0% to 35.1% of the vote here (+35.1%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.7% between them, down from 86.4% — 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
72,566
Margin
3,264
4.50%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BJP- 1M. ANANDA RAOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP25,47535.1%
- 2M. C. MAHESHWARAPPAJanata Party · JNP22,21130.6%
- 3H. GULMA ABIDIndian National Congress · INC17,73224.4%
- 4V. A. SHARIFFIndependent · IND6,3698.8%
- 5T. ADISHESHAIndependent · IND3090.4%
- 6M. K. MANJANATHAIndependent · IND2540.4%
- 7M. K. VEERABHADRAPPAIndependent · IND2160.3%
Since 1978
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–JNP swing
- +38.4%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 35.1%
- JNP share
- 33.9% → 30.6%
- Turnout
- — → —