Constituency
172. Karwar
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1985
KA-KARWAR
INC 45.0%won by 8.5%JNP 36.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.6% to 8.5%.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 36.4% — it did not contest here in 1983.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.4% of the vote between them, up from 65.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
50,868
Margin
4,330
8.51%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1RANE PRABHAKAR SADASHIVIndian National Congress · INC22,86745.0%
- 2NAIK MOTA TEKUJanata Party · JNP18,53736.4%
- 3KALGUTAKAR VISHNU BHIKAREIndependent · IND8,71117.1%
- 4GAONKAR MOHANRAY ANANTIndependent · IND7531.5%
Since 1983
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −33.8%
- INC share
- 42.3% → 45.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 36.4%
- Turnout
- — → —