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115. Chamaraja

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1985

KA-CHAMARAJA

JNP 61.4%won by 30.2%INC 31.1%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 24.3% to 30.2%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.5% of the vote between them, up from 72.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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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Valid votes
52,276
Margin
15,812
30.25%

Candidates

7 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1K. KEMPERE GOWDAJanata Party · JNP32,07761.4%
  2. 2K. HARSHA KUMARIndian National Congress · INC16,26531.1%
  3. 3C. BASAVARAJUBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,5624.9%
  4. 4V. NARASIMHAIAHIndependent · IND7121.4%
  5. 5D. T. STYANARAYANAIndependent · IND2890.6%
  6. 6N. SURESH KUMARIndependent · IND2730.5%
  7. 7K. RAOIndependent · IND980.2%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
JNP
JNP–INC swing
+5.3%
JNP share
48.4% → 61.4%
INC share
23.4% → 31.1%
Turnout
— → —
114. Krishnaraja116. Narasimharaja
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