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86. Bharathinagar

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1989

KA-BHARATHINAGAR

INC 57.5%won by 37.8%CPM 19.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.7% to 37.8%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 19.7% — it did not contest here in 1985.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
62,921
Margin
23,811
37.84%

Candidates

12 contested · winner INC
  1. 1K. J. GEORGEIndian National Congress · INC36,19857.5%
  2. 2S. SURYANARAYANA RAOCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM12,38719.7%
  3. 3N. RAJANNAJanata Party · JNP10,02115.9%
  4. 4IBRAHIMKHANMUL · MUL1,9753.1%
  5. 5R. SAMUELIndependent · IND8421.3%
  6. 6ABRAHAM, T. J.Independent · IND4440.7%
  7. 7M. PUSHPARAJANIndependent · IND4420.7%
  8. 8J. A. ROYALIndependent · IND1660.3%
  9. 9CHANDRASEKHARKarnataka Rashtra Samithi · KRS1440.2%
  10. 10C. M. DHANANJAYAIndependent · IND1190.2%
  11. 11T. J. GEORGEIndependent · IND1050.2%
  12. 12GADDAM OBLESHRPI · RPI780.1%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
−5.3%
INC share
43.1% → 57.5%
CPM share
0.0% → 19.7%
Turnout
— → —
85. Shivajinagar87. Jayamahal
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