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Constituency

140. Belthangady

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1985

KA-BELTHANGADY

BJP 51.1%won by 9.7%INC 41.4%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.3% to 9.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 92.5% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
65,306
Margin
6,330
9.69%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−14.6%
BJP share
62.2% 51.1%
INC share
37.8% 41.4%
Turnout