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Constituency

191. Navalgund

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1985

KA-NAVALGUND

INC 46.9%won by 0.9%JNP 45.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.8% to 0.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.8% of the vote between them, up from 87.1% — 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
50,088
Margin
472
0.94%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJNP swing
−24.8%
INC share
56.4% 46.9%
JNP share
30.6% 45.9%
Turnout