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10. Gulbarga

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1985

KA-GULBARGA

JNP 41.4%won by 1.2%IND 40.2%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 2.9% to 1.2%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.6% of the vote between them, up from 70.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • 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
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Valid votes
88,961
Margin
1,034
1.16%

Candidates

14 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1S. K. KANTAJanata Party · JNP36,82841.4%
  2. 2QUAMARUL ISLAMIndependent · IND35,79440.2%
  3. 3M. ABDUL QADAR SARADGIIndian National Congress · INC11,55113.0%
  4. 4DHAMMURKAR MANOHARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,7772.0%
  5. 5VEERANNA TIMMAJILKD · LKD1,0691.2%
  6. 6SHANKAR RAO KODLAIndependent · IND6180.7%
  7. 7KAILASHNATH DIXITIndependent · IND3380.4%
  8. 8MOHAMMED HUSSAINIndependent · IND2260.3%
  9. 9G. NAGABHUSHANIndependent · IND1890.2%
  10. 10RAVINDRAIndependent · IND1780.2%
  11. 11GURLINGAPPA HUBBALIIndependent · IND1510.2%
  12. 12BHEEMRAO BHARATIIndependent · IND1260.1%
  13. 13S. JAHANGIRDARIndependent · IND660.1%
  14. 14GUNDARAYA P. LONDONKARIndependent · IND500.1%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
JNP
JNP–IND swing
−1.7%
JNP share
36.8% → 41.4%
IND share
33.9% → 40.2%
Turnout
— → —
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