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90. Varthur

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1985

KA-VARTHUR

INC 33.8%won by 0.1%IND 33.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.1%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 33.7% — it polled just 0.6% in 1983.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.6% between them, down from 93.9% — the field split more ways.

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
89,357
Margin
98
0.11%

Candidates

14 contested · winner INC
  1. 1A. KRISHNAPPAIndian National Congress · INC30,24233.8%
  2. 2ASWATHANARAYANA REDDYIndependent · IND30,14433.7%
  3. 3S. SURYANARAYANA RAOCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM17,87120.0%
  4. 4N. THIMMA REDDYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,8968.8%
  5. 5N. KRISHNACHARIIndependent · IND7100.8%
  6. 6A. SOMASHEKAR REDDYIndependent · IND6160.7%
  7. 7S. KODAIARASANIndependent · IND4450.5%
  8. 8ABRAHAM T. J.Independent · IND3490.4%
  9. 9B. K. NARAYANASWAMYIndependent · IND3470.4%
  10. 10K. SATYANARAYANAIndependent · IND3150.4%
  11. 11ANJINAPPAIndependent · IND1800.2%
  12. 12B. H. VENKATASWAMYIndependent · IND1410.2%
  13. 13A. N. SANJEEVA REDDYIndependent · IND510.1%
  14. 14JAYARAMAGOWDAIndependent · IND500.1%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–IND swing
−34.2%
INC share
34.9% → 33.8%
IND share
0.6% → 33.7%
Turnout
— → —
89. Uttarahalli91. Kanakapura
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