Constituency
148. Kundapura
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1989
KA-KUNDAPURA
INC 58.6%won by 24.0%JD 34.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.7% to 24.0%.
- New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 34.6% — it did not contest here in 1985.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 93.2% between them, down from 99.5% — 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
79,589
Margin
19,101
24.00%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1K. PRATAP CHANDRA SHETTYIndian National Congress · INC46,64158.6%
- 2K. N. GOVERDHANAJanata Dal · JD27,54034.6%
- 3K. PUNDALIKA NAYAKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,0863.9%
- 4U. D. RADHAKRISHNA MAIYAJanata Party · JNP2,0182.5%
- 5VASUDEVA KHARVIIndependent · IND3040.4%
Since 1985
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JD swing
- −32.1%
- INC share
- 56.1% → 58.6%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 34.6%
- Turnout
- — → —