Constituency
46. Molakalmuru
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1989
KA-MOLAKALMURU
INC 50.9%won by 22.0%JD 28.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 22.0%.
- New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 28.9% — it did not contest here in 1985.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.8% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
80,218
Margin
17,614
21.96%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1N. G. NAIKIndian National Congress · INC40,80250.9%
- 2PURNA MUTHAPPAJanata Dal · JD23,18828.9%
- 3S. THIPPEYSWAMYJanata Party · JNP6,2427.8%
- 4G. NARYANA REDDYKarnataka Rashtra Samithi · KRS5,2956.6%
- 5P. M. CHANDRASEKHARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,7843.5%
- 6NAGENDRAPPAIndependent · IND1,0031.3%
- 7B. C. BASAVARAJAIndependent · IND2800.3%
- 8D. RUDRAPPAIndependent · IND2660.3%
- 9B. T. CHANDRASEKHARIndependent · IND2070.3%
- 10RUDRAMMAIndependent · IND1510.2%
Since 1985
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JD swing
- −27.3%
- INC share
- 49.2% → 50.9%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 28.9%
- Turnout
- — → —