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11. Shahabad

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1985

KA-SHAHABAD

CPI 27.4%won by 0.1%IND 27.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 0.8% to 0.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 54.7% between them, down from 88.5% — the field split more ways.

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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not in source
Valid votes
59,337
Margin
75
0.13%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1K. B. SHANAPPACommunist Party of India · CPI16,26327.4%
  2. 2GURUNATH CHANDRAMIndependent · IND16,18827.3%
  3. 3GOVIND P. VEDYARAJIndian National Congress · INC15,61226.3%
  4. 4RAMU BHIMLA CHAVANIndependent · IND7,49512.6%
  5. 5SHANKER IRANNA DESAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,1833.7%
  6. 6DEVASUNDER MARTURIndependent · IND9051.5%
  7. 7SANGOLGI PRABHU R.LKD · LKD6911.2%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–IND swing
−42.3%
CPI share
44.6% → 27.4%
IND share
2.3% → 27.3%
Turnout
— → —
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