Constituency
77. Rajaji Nagar
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1985
KA-RAJAJI-NAGAR
CPI 47.3%won by 17.2%INC 30.2%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.8% to 17.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.6% — 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
96,068
Margin
16,480
17.15%
Candidates
13 contested · winner CPI- 1M. S. KRISHNANCommunist Party of India · CPI45,47747.3%
- 2S. G. VENKATAIAHIndian National Congress · INC28,99730.2%
- 3RAMACHANDRA GOWDABharatiya Janata Party · BJP17,14417.8%
- 4K. M. SOMANNALKD · LKD2,6612.8%
- 5K. N. NAGARAJAIndependent · IND5070.5%
- 6M. KRISHANA MURTHYIndependent · IND4700.5%
- 7H. RAMUIndependent · IND2080.2%
- 8K. T. SHIVAIAHIndependent · IND1780.2%
- 9D. KRISHNA SWAMYIndependent · IND1180.1%
- 10D. V. MAHESH BABUIndependent · IND1150.1%
- 11C. S. RAMAPRIYANIndependent · IND900.1%
- 12L. GANGADHARIndependent · IND580.1%
- 13G. M. MUNIRAJUIndependent · IND450.0%
Since 1983
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–INC swing
- −18.6%
- CPI share
- 54.9% → 47.3%
- INC share
- 19.1% → 30.2%
- Turnout
- — → —