Constituency
169. Bhatkal
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1989
KA-BHATKAL
INC 39.4%won by 2.8%JD 36.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 24.3% to 39.4% of the vote here (+15.1%).
- New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 36.6% — it did not contest here in 1985.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.1% of the vote between them, up from 67.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
74,840
Margin
2,092
2.80%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1R. N. NAIKIndian National Congress · INC29,51339.4%
- 2GARDIKAR DAMODAR NARAYANJanata Dal · JD27,42136.6%
- 3GOUDA SHAMBU NARAYANAJanata Party · JNP8,52911.4%
- 4VICTOR RODRIGUESIndependent · IND4,5086.0%
- 5GAJANAN PARAMESHWAR NAIKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,4736.0%
- 6MOHAMMED SADULLA DAMUDAIndependent · IND2280.3%
- 7EARAPPA S. NAIKIndependent · IND1680.2%
Since 1985
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JD swing
- −21.5%
- INC share
- 24.3% → 39.4%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 36.6%
- Turnout
- — → —