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162. Shimoga

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1985

KA-SHIMOGA

INC 40.0%won by 12.5%JNP 27.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 12.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 24.4% to 40.0% of the vote here (+15.5%).
  • Multi-cornered4 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
78,761
Margin
9,822
12.47%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1K. H. SRINIVASSAIndian National Congress · INC31,47240.0%
  2. 2G. MADAPPAJanata Party · JNP21,65027.5%
  3. 3M. ANANDA RAOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP14,24118.1%
  4. 4S.S. ALUMIndependent · IND7,85610.0%
  5. 5S.R. NAGAPPA SETTYLKD · LKD2,4803.1%
  6. 6BHAGAT KUMARIndependent · IND4860.6%
  7. 7YELLAPPA D. R.Independent · IND3020.4%
  8. 8BEGURU NAGARAJAIndependent · IND1480.2%
  9. 9R. YALLAPPA KADAMIndependent · IND1260.2%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–JNP swing
+18.6%
INC share
24.4% → 40.0%
JNP share
30.6% → 27.5%
Turnout
— → —
161. Honnali163. Thirthahalli
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