Constituency
33. Bellary
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1985
KA-BELLARY
INC 40.7%won by 5.2%CPI 35.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.2%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 35.5% — it did not contest here in 1983.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.2% between them, down from 92.8% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
50,286
Margin
2,633
5.24%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1M. RAMAPPAIndian National Congress · INC20,48540.7%
- 2SHARADA MALE BENNURCommunist Party of India · CPI17,85235.5%
- 3SABJANIndependent · IND7,08914.1%
- 4Y. CHANGALAPPABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,7015.4%
- 5V. H. BHASKARIndependent · IND9651.9%
- 6P. VALISABIndependent · IND4901.0%
- 7RAMALINGANAGOUDIndependent · IND3830.8%
- 8N. V. SWAMYIndependent · IND1860.4%
- 9M. S. R. RAOIndependent · IND1350.3%
Since 1983
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- −37.5%
- INC share
- 42.7% → 40.7%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 35.5%
- Turnout
- — → —