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Constituency

72. Bethamangala

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1985

KA-BETHAMANGALA

JNP 65.1%won by 37.8%INC 27.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 37.8%.

  • JNP vote shareJNP went from 8.7% to 65.1% of the vote here (+56.4%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.5% of the vote between them, up from 77.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
59,640
Margin
22,522
37.76%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNPINC swing
+67.9%
JNP share
8.7% 65.1%
INC share
38.9% 27.4%
Turnout