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Constituency

170. Kumta

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1989

KA-KUMTA

INC 43.9%won by 13.2%JD 30.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 35.0% to 43.9% of the vote here (+8.8%).
  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 30.7% — it did not contest here in 1985.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.6% between them, down from 82.8% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
78,789
Margin
10,374
13.17%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCJD swing
−21.9%
INC share
35.0% 43.9%
JD share
0.0% 30.7%
Turnout