Election
Constituency

39. Harpanahalli

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1985

KA-HARPANAHALLI

INC 48.1%won by 9.1%JNP 38.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.6% to 9.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
60,782
Margin
5,544
9.12%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1B. H. ENKA NAIKIndian National Congress · INC29,20648.1%
  2. 2D. NARAYANADASJanata Party · JNP23,66238.9%
  3. 3B. Y. NEMYA NAIKIndependent · IND7,15311.8%
  4. 4SANGEETA VIDWAN SANNA HANUMANTHAPPA ITTIGUDIIndependent · IND4980.8%
  5. 5HARISHCHANDA NAIKIndependent · IND2060.3%
  6. 6V. P. DURUGAPPAIndependent · IND570.1%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
−17.4%
INC share
56.6% → 48.1%
JNP share
30.1% → 38.9%
Turnout
— → —
38. Hadagalli40. Harihar
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