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Constituency

120. Chamarajanagar

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1985

KA-CHAMARAJANAGAR

INC 40.7%won by 9.4%JNP 31.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.1% to 9.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Janata Party (JNP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.0% between them, down from 86.9% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
81,867
Margin
7,710
9.42%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJNP swing
−28.1%
INC share
47.5% 40.7%
JNP share
10.0% 31.3%
Turnout