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Constituency

162. Shimoga

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1989

KA-SHIMOGA

BJP 34.8%won by 1.4%INC 33.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 1.4%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 18.1% to 34.8% of the vote here (+16.7%).
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
92,762
Margin
1,302
1.40%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPINC swing
+23.3%
BJP share
18.1% 34.8%
INC share
40.0% 33.4%
Turnout