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Constituency

169. Bhatkal

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1999

KA-BHATKAL

INC 47.0%won by 2.7%BJP 44.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 25.6% to 47.0% of the vote here (+21.4%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.3% of the vote between them, up from 76.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
89,334
Margin
2,437
2.73%

Since 1994

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJP swing
+27.7%
INC share
25.6% 47.0%
BJP share
50.6% 44.3%
Turnout