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Constituency

172. Karwar

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1985

KA-KARWAR

INC 45.0%won by 8.5%JNP 36.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
50,868
Margin
4,330
8.51%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJNP swing
−33.8%
INC share
42.3% 45.0%
JNP share
0.0% 36.4%
Turnout