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197. Belgaum

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1983

KA-BELGAUM

IND 54.1%won by 15.9%INC 38.1%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.2% to 15.9%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 38.1% — it did not contest here in 1978.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
79,109
Margin
12,604
15.93%

Candidates

7 contested · winner IND
  1. 1MANE RAJABHAU SHANKAR RAOIndependent · IND42,76354.1%
  2. 2DODDANNAVAR SURENDRA ALIAS KOMALANNAIndian National Congress · INC30,15938.1%
  3. 3SIRUR CHANDRASHEKHAR NEELAKANTAPPAJanata Party · JNP4,1835.3%
  4. 4MOULVI FAROOK AHMED A. HANNANIndependent · IND1,4121.8%
  5. 5MANIYAL NAGAPPA CHANNABASAPPAIndependent · IND2520.3%
  6. 6QEDKAR VASUDEO GUNDOPANTIndependent · IND1770.2%
  7. 7BALASAHEB APPARAO KULKARNIIndependent · IND1630.2%

Since 1978

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
IND–INC swing
−41.0%
IND share
57.0% → 54.1%
INC share
0.0% → 38.1%
Turnout
— → —
196. Khanapur198. Uchagdan
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