Election
Constituency

196. Khanapur

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1985

KA-KHANAPUR

IND 53.8%won by 27.3%INC 26.5%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.6% to 27.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.3% between them, down from 86.6% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
58,156
Margin
15,905
27.35%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
INDINC swing
−9.2%
IND share
61.6% 53.8%
INC share
25.0% 26.5%
Turnout