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78. Kumta

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Karnataka · Karnataka Assembly Election, 2013

KA-KUMTA

INC 29.6%won by 0.3%JDS 29.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.3%.

  • Knife-edgeDecided by 420 votes (0.34%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • 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
1,67,620
Turnout
74.1%
Valid votes
1,24,257
Margin
420
0.34%

Candidates

11 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHARDA MOHAN SHETTYIndian National Congress · INC36,75629.6%
  2. 2DINAKAR KESHAV SHETTYJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS36,33629.2%
  3. 3SURAJ NAIK SONIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP28,41122.9%
  4. 4GOUDA GAYATRI MANJUNATHKerala Janatha Party · KJP14,28611.5%
  5. 5MOHAN BAGLU PATGARIndependent · IND3,0702.5%
  6. 6NAGARAJ SHRIDHAR SHETHND · HND1,5341.2%
  7. 7VASANT JOGALEKARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP9780.8%
  8. 8MAHABALESHWAR RAMAKRISHNA BHAT MADGUNIIndependent · IND8810.7%
  9. 9ASHOK. R. MADIVAL (JADUGAR) HONAVARIndependent · IND7890.6%
  10. 10DATTARAYA HANUMANTH PATGARBSRCP · BSRCP6440.5%
  11. 11SADANAND ANNAPPA DESHBHANDARIJanata Dal (United) · JDU5720.5%

Since 2008

Derived
Winner then
JDS
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–JDS swing
+0.4%
INC share
28.7% → 29.6%
JDS share
28.8% → 29.2%
Turnout
— → 74.1%
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