Constituency
126. Virajpet
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1989
KA-VIRAJPET
INC 53.6%won by 25.5%JD 28.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.9% to 25.5%.
- New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 28.2% — it did not contest here in 1985.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.8% between them, down from 92.9% — 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
59,909
Margin
15,252
25.46%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SUMA VASANTHAIndian National Congress · INC32,12453.6%
- 2G. S. PUSHKARAJanata Dal · JD16,87228.2%
- 3P. P. CHOMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,41610.7%
- 4H. T. DEVARAJJanata Party · JNP4,2037.0%
- 5BANGARA SWAMYIndependent · IND2940.5%
Since 1985
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JD swing
- −29.4%
- INC share
- 54.9% → 53.6%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 28.2%
- Turnout
- — → —