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172. Karwar

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1989

KA-KARWAR

INC 54.0%won by 25.4%JD 28.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.5% to 25.4%.

  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 28.6% — it did not contest here in 1985.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 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
62,510
Margin
15,848
25.35%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RANE PRABHAKAR SADASHIVIndian National Congress · INC33,74154.0%
  2. 2ARVIND VITHOBA TENDULKARJanata Dal · JD17,89328.6%
  3. 3NAIK GAJENDRA KRISHNAJanata Party · JNP4,6357.4%
  4. 4PAWAR RAVINDRA NARAYANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,6705.9%
  5. 5DESAI VITHOBA GANGAPATIKarnataka Rashtra Samithi · KRS1,4472.3%
  6. 6SAVANT MARUTHI MAHABALESHWARIndependent · IND6701.1%
  7. 7KHARGEKAR ANAND RAO KALYANIIndependent · IND4540.7%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JD swing
−19.6%
INC share
45.0% → 54.0%
JD share
0.0% → 28.6%
Turnout
— → —
171. Ankola173. Haliyal
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