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150. Karkal

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1989

KA-KARKAL

INC 56.8%won by 25.9%JD 30.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.2% to 25.9%.

  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 30.9% — it did not contest here in 1985.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.7% between them, down from 98.2% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
72,482
Margin
18,780
25.91%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1M. VEERAPPA MOILYIndian National Congress · INC41,17156.8%
  2. 2M. K. VIJAYA KUMARJanata Dal · JD22,39130.9%
  3. 3B. S. BHANDARYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,41610.2%
  4. 4CHANDRAKEERTHI JAINJanata Party · JNP1,0771.5%
  5. 5NIRMALA KUMARIndependent · IND3760.5%
  6. 6ABDUL HAMEEDIndependent · IND510.1%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JD swing
−27.3%
INC share
53.2% → 56.8%
JD share
0.0% → 30.9%
Turnout
— → —
149. Baindur151. Moodabidri
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