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Constituency

28. Kanakagiri

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1985

KA-KANAKAGIRI

INC 50.6%won by 1.1%JNP 49.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 62.0% to 1.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 28.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 49.4% — it did not contest here in 1983.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
58,919
Margin
663
1.13%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJNP swing
−78.0%
INC share
79.1% 50.6%
JNP share
0.0% 49.4%
Turnout