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Constituency

8. Kamalapur

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1985

KA-KAMALAPUR

INC 36.2%won by 5.5%JNP 30.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.2% to 5.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.0% between them, down from 84.2% — 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
40,769
Margin
2,232
5.47%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJNP swing
−7.8%
INC share
48.7% 36.2%
JNP share
35.5% 30.8%
Turnout