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63. Chiknayakanhalli

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1985

KA-CHIKNAYAKANHALLI

INC 32.0%won by 3.9%IND 28.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.9%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 45.2% to 32.0% of the vote here (−13.2%).
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 28.1% — it polled just 1.7% in 1983.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.1% between them, down from 96.2% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
65,080
Margin
2,518
3.87%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCIND swing
−39.7%
INC share
45.2% 32.0%
IND share
1.7% 28.1%
Turnout