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Constituency

162. Shimoga

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1983

KA-SHIMOGA

BJP 35.1%won by 4.5%JNP 30.6%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
72,566
Margin
3,264
4.50%

Since 1978

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPJNP swing
+38.4%
BJP share
0.0% 35.1%
JNP share
33.9% 30.6%
Turnout