Constituency
167. Shikaripura
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1985
KA-SHIKARIPURA
BJP 53.5%won by 15.8%INC 37.7%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.0% to 15.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Multi-cornered3 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
73,011
Margin
11,555
15.83%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BJP- 1B. S. YEDIYURAPPABharatiya Janata Party · BJP39,07753.5%
- 2MAHADEVANA GOWDARU M. PATILIndian National Congress · INC27,52237.7%
- 3H. TASVEER AHMADJanata Party · JNP4,9676.8%
- 4H. K. LAXMANA GOWDAIndependent · IND7931.1%
- 5B. RAMA NAIKIndependent · IND3330.5%
- 6B. H. PRAKASHIndependent · IND1700.2%
- 7H. RUDRAPPAIndependent · IND1190.2%
- 8ISMAIL SABIndependent · IND300.0%
Since 1983
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −19.2%
- BJP share
- 64.2% → 53.5%
- INC share
- 29.2% → 37.7%
- Turnout
- — → —