Constituency
43. Bharmasagara
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1985
KA-BHARMASAGARA
JNP 48.3%won by 0.4%INC 47.9%
What changed here
DerivedJanata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.3% to 0.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 270 votes (0.43%) — among the closest results anywhere.
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
62,980
Margin
270
0.43%
Candidates
8 contested · winner JNP- 1B. M. THIPPESAMYJanata Party · JNP30,45048.3%
- 2SHIVAMURTHY, K.Indian National Congress · INC30,18047.9%
- 3LACHANAIKAIndependent · IND6091.0%
- 4C. SIDDAPPAIndependent · IND4950.8%
- 5N. CHANDRAHASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3980.6%
- 6A. R. BASAVARAJUIndependent · IND3870.6%
- 7K. RAJASHEKARIndependent · IND2530.4%
- 8SHAMBULINGAPPAIndependent · IND2080.3%
Since 1983
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- JNP
- JNP–INC swing
- −27.9%
- JNP share
- 63.7% → 48.3%
- INC share
- 35.4% → 47.9%
- Turnout
- — → —