Election
Constituency

5. Humnabad

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1989

KA-HUMNABAD

INC 42.2%won by 12.5%JD 29.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.4% to 12.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 29.6% — it did not contest here in 1985.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.8% between them, down from 90.6% — 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
70,200
Margin
8,809
12.55%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJD swing
−37.0%
INC share
49.5% 42.2%
JD share
0.0% 29.6%
Turnout