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Constituency

186. Shirhatti

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1989

KA-SHIRHATTI

INC 33.6%won by 1.6%JD 32.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 37.0% to 33.6% of the vote here (−3.4%).
  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 32.0% — it did not contest here in 1985.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.6% between them, down from 78.7% — 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
74,075
Margin
1,167
1.58%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCJD swing
−35.4%
INC share
37.0% 33.6%
JD share
0.0% 32.0%
Turnout