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Constituency

26. Kushtagi

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1985

KA-KUSHTAGI

JNP 55.3%won by 15.3%INC 40.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 15.3%.

  • JNP vote shareJNP went from 10.0% to 55.3% of the vote here (+45.2%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.3% of the vote between them, up from 90.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
59,541
Margin
9,085
15.26%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNPINC swing
+65.3%
JNP share
10.0% 55.3%
INC share
60.1% 40.0%
Turnout