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145. Kaup

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1989

KA-KAUP

INC 54.5%won by 15.0%JD 39.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.6% to 15.0%.

  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 39.5% — it did not contest here in 1985.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.0% of the vote between them, up from 75.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
54,701
Margin
8,230
15.05%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1VASANTHA V. SALIANIndian National Congress · INC29,82354.5%
  2. 2B. BHASKAR SHETTYJanata Dal · JD21,59339.5%
  3. 3MADHAVA SUVARNABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,4374.5%
  4. 4KARUNAKARA SHETTYJanata Party · JNP5611.0%
  5. 5RAMANTHACHARYAIndependent · IND2870.5%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JD swing
−42.3%
INC share
57.4% → 54.5%
JD share
0.0% → 39.5%
Turnout
— → —
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