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Constituency

170. Kumta

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1985

KA-KUMTA

JNP 47.8%won by 12.7%INC 35.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 12.7%.

  • JNP vote shareJNP went from 22.1% to 47.8% of the vote here (+25.7%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.8% of the vote between them, up from 71.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
64,826
Margin
8,253
12.73%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNPINC swing
+24.5%
JNP share
22.1% 47.8%
INC share
33.8% 35.0%
Turnout