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145. Kaup

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1985

KA-KAUP

INC 57.4%won by 39.6%IND 17.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.2% to 39.6%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 17.8% — it polled just 1.7% in 1983.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.2% between them, down from 87.0% — 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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Valid votes
47,672
Margin
18,862
39.57%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1VASANTHA V. SALIANIndian National Congress · INC27,35657.4%
  2. 2BHASKAR SHETTYIndependent · IND8,49417.8%
  3. 3DAYANATHA K. KOTIANJanata Party · JNP8,34017.5%
  4. 4GANGADHARA SUVARNABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,6495.6%
  5. 5KRISHNANADA SHENOYIndependent · IND4200.9%
  6. 6BHOJARAJA V. SHETTYIndependent · IND2780.6%
  7. 7SHANKARAIndependent · IND1350.3%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−9.3%
INC share
50.6% → 57.4%
IND share
1.7% → 17.8%
Turnout
— → —
144. Surathkal146. Udupi
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