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168. Sirsi

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1989

KA-SIRSI

INC 49.3%won by 11.6%JD 37.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.1% to 11.6%.

  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 37.7% — it did not contest here in 1985.
  • 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
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
81,710
Margin
9,518
11.65%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KANADE GOPALA MUKUNDAIndian National Congress · INC40,31949.3%
  2. 2SIRASIKARA MAHABALESWARA VENKAPPAJanata Dal · JD30,80137.7%
  3. 3VYADYA VIVEKANANDA SUBRAVABharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,3317.7%
  4. 4PATANAKARA SRINIVASA PANDUJanata Party · JNP3,3254.1%
  5. 5H. C. GANGAIAHKarnataka Rashtra Samithi · KRS4760.6%
  6. 6RAMA DURGA PAWASKARAIndependent · IND3290.4%
  7. 7REVANAKARA SHANKARA PURUSHOTTAMAIndependent · IND1290.2%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JD swing
−34.6%
INC share
46.2% → 49.3%
JD share
0.0% → 37.7%
Turnout
— → —
167. Shikaripura169. Bhatkal
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