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155. Birur

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1989

KA-BIRUR

INC 45.7%won by 22.3%JNP 23.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 22.3%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.2% between them, down from 97.9% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
74,253
Margin
16,554
22.29%

Candidates

12 contested · winner INC
  1. 1K. S. MALLIKARJUNAPRSANNAIndian National Congress · INC33,95445.7%
  2. 2S. R. LAXMAIAHJanata Party · JNP17,40023.4%
  3. 3B. S. CHIKKABASAPPAIndependent · IND8,50811.5%
  4. 4CHANDRAMMAIndependent · IND5,3087.1%
  5. 5BOMMANNACommunist Party of India · CPI5,0416.8%
  6. 6R. LAXMAIAHIndependent · IND2,8483.8%
  7. 7VASANTHANAIKIndependent · IND3920.5%
  8. 8T. RUDRAPPAIndependent · IND3340.4%
  9. 9S. RUDRAIAHIndependent · IND1460.2%
  10. 10T. N. VENKATASWAMYIndependent · IND1370.2%
  11. 11T. S. BASHAIndependent · IND1020.1%
  12. 12G. MANJUNATHASWAMYIndependent · IND830.1%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–JNP swing
+26.8%
INC share
46.7% → 45.7%
JNP share
51.2% → 23.4%
Turnout
— → —
154. Chikmagalur156. Kadur
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