Constituency
169. Bhatkal
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1985
KA-BHATKAL
JNP 43.1%won by 18.8%INC 24.3%
What changed here
DerivedJanata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.1% to 18.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.4% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
57,166
Margin
10,731
18.77%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1RAMA NARAYAN NAIKJanata Party · JNP24,62143.1%
- 2GOUDA SHAMBHU NARAYANIndian National Congress · INC13,89024.3%
- 3MADHAV RAMA NAIKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,47120.1%
- 4UPPUR CHITTTRANJANIndependent · IND5,81510.2%
- 5DEVADIGA ANNAPPA BHAIRAIndependent · IND1,3692.4%
Since 1983
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- JNP
- JNP–INC swing
- +14.7%
- JNP share
- 52.1% → 43.1%
- INC share
- 47.9% → 24.3%
- Turnout
- — → —