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Constituency

18. Shahpur

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1985

KA-SHAHPUR

INC 51.6%won by 8.9%JNP 42.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.9%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 43.1% to 51.6% of the vote here (+8.5%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 94.3% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
65,006
Margin
5,755
8.85%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCJNP swing
+22.6%
INC share
43.1% 51.6%
JNP share
56.9% 42.7%
Turnout