Constituency
16. Gurmitkal
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1989
KA-GURMITKAL
INC 64.2%won by 32.4%JD 31.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.7% to 32.4%.
- New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 31.8% — it did not contest here in 1985.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
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
61,664
Margin
19,969
32.38%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1MALLIKARJUN KHARGEIndian National Congress · INC39,60864.2%
- 2ARVIND GURUJIJanata Dal · JD19,63931.8%
- 3BASAPPAKarnataka Rashtra Samithi · KRS1,7782.9%
- 4SHANKERAPPA POLAPPAIndependent · IND6391.0%
Since 1985
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JD swing
- −33.6%
- INC share
- 66.0% → 64.2%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 31.8%
- Turnout
- — → —