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Constituency

170. Kumta

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1999

KA-KUMTA

INC 51.2%won by 14.0%BJP 37.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 14.0%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 15.2% to 51.2% of the vote here (+36.1%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.4% of the vote between them, up from 63.2% — 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
88,501
Margin
12,375
13.98%

Since 1994

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJP swing
+32.9%
INC share
15.2% 51.2%
BJP share
34.1% 37.2%
Turnout