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Constituency

5. Humnabad

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1985

KA-HUMNABAD

INC 49.5%won by 8.4%JNP 41.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.1% to 8.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Janata Party (JNP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.6% of the vote between them, up from 83.3% — 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
52,024
Margin
4,383
8.42%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJNP swing
−31.8%
INC share
53.7% 49.5%
JNP share
13.5% 41.1%
Turnout