Constituency
209. Athani
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1989
KA-ATHANI
INC 42.0%won by 9.5%JD 32.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.5%.
- New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 32.5% — it did not contest here in 1985.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.5% between them, down from 98.8% — the field split more ways.
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
74,193
Margin
7,014
9.45%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1I. M. SHEDSHYALIndian National Congress · INC31,14442.0%
- 2V. L. PATILJanata Dal · JD24,13032.5%
- 3B. L. PATILKarnataka Rashtra Samithi · KRS13,64518.4%
- 4G. B. BIRADARJanata Party · JNP2,5723.5%
- 5R. N. UMARANIIndependent · IND2,0032.7%
- 6R. S. PAWARIndependent · IND2940.4%
- 7B. G. CHURAMUREIndependent · IND2730.4%
- 8A. S. NAIKIndependent · IND1320.2%
Since 1985
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JD swing
- −32.6%
- INC share
- 42.1% → 42.0%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 32.5%
- Turnout
- — → —