Constituency
134. Arkalgud
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1989
KA-ARKALGUD
INC 36.3%won by 11.4%JD 24.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 11.4%.
- New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 24.8% — it did not contest here in 1985.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.1% between them, down from 94.2% — 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
84,062
Margin
9,618
11.44%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1A. T. RAMASWAMYIndian National Congress · INC30,50736.3%
- 2K. B. MALIAPPAJanata Dal · JD20,88924.8%
- 3A. MANJUIndependent · IND20,16724.0%
- 4BYRE GOWADAJanata Party · JNP10,84612.9%
- 5A. G. RAMACHANDRAIndependent · IND4990.6%
- 6M. B. RUDRAPPABharatiya Janata Party · BJP4200.5%
- 7K. C. BASAVARAJUKarnataka Rashtra Samithi · KRS3470.4%
- 8DAYANANDA KUMAR S. M.Independent · IND2740.3%
- 9PUTTALINGEGOWDAIndependent · IND1130.1%
Since 1985
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JD swing
- −25.3%
- INC share
- 36.7% → 36.3%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 24.8%
- Turnout
- — → —