Constituency
2. Bhalki
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1989
KA-BHALKI
IND 47.7%won by 17.6%JD 30.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 17.6%.
- IND vote shareIND went from 1.3% to 47.7% of the vote here (+46.4%).
- New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 30.0% — it did not contest here in 1985.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.7% between them, down from 95.3% — the field split more ways.
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
68,039
Margin
12,007
17.65%
Candidates
7 contested · winner IND- 1VIJAY KUMAR BHIMANNA KHANDREIndependent · IND32,44547.7%
- 2VIJAY KUMAR KESHAVRAO KANJIJanata Dal · JD20,43830.0%
- 3SUBHASH ASTUREIndian National Congress · INC9,97914.7%
- 4KALYAN RAO SANGAPPA MOLKHERIJanata Party · JNP2,4793.6%
- 5PRAKASH TULSHI RAM BHAVI KATTIIndependent · IND1,8222.7%
- 6SRAVAN KUMAR HUPLEKARIndependent · IND5050.7%
- 7KISHAN RAO SHANKER RAO PATILIndependent · IND3710.5%
Since 1985
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–JD swing
- +16.4%
- IND share
- 1.3% → 47.7%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 30.0%
- Turnout
- — → —