Constituency
16. Gurmitkal
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1985
KA-GURMITKAL
INC 66.0%won by 35.7%JNP 30.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 35.3% to 35.7%.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
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
49,499
Margin
17,673
35.70%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1MALLIKARJUN KHARGEIndian National Congress · INC32,66966.0%
- 2B. S. GAJANANAJanata Party · JNP14,99630.3%
- 3HANAMANTHALKD · LKD1,8343.7%
Since 1983
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- +0.4%
- INC share
- 67.7% → 66.0%
- JNP share
- 32.3% → 30.3%
- Turnout
- — → —