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97. Doddaballapur

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1985

KA-DODDABALLAPUR

JNP 60.6%won by 30.1%INC 30.4%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.1% to 30.1%.

  • Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
79,628
Margin
23,992
30.13%

Candidates

7 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1R. L. JALAPPAJanata Party · JNP48,23860.6%
  2. 2SATCHIDANANDAIndian National Congress · INC24,24630.4%
  3. 3K. M. HANUMANTHA RAYAPPABharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,9677.5%
  4. 4RAHIM BABAIndependent · IND5930.7%
  5. 5V. KRISHNAPPAIndependent · IND2330.3%
  6. 6KMAH GOWDAIndependent · IND2070.3%
  7. 7M. RAMAIAHIndependent · IND1440.2%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
JNP
JNP–INC swing
+11.1%
JNP share
56.0% → 60.6%
INC share
37.0% → 30.4%
Turnout
— → —
96. Nelamangala98. Devanahalli
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