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159. Pulakeshinagar

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Karnataka · Karnataka Assembly Election, 2018

KA-PULAKESHINAGAR

INC 77.2%won by 64.6%JDS 12.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 64.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 38.6% to 77.2% of the vote here (+38.6%).
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
2,31,913
Turnout
54.5%
Valid votes
1,26,432
Margin
81,626
64.56%

Candidates

14 contested · winner INC
  1. 1R. AKHANDA SRINIVASAMURTHYIndian National Congress · INC97,57477.2%
  2. 2B. PRASANNAKUMARJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS15,94812.6%
  3. 3SUSHEELA DEVARAJBharatiya Janata Party · BJP9,4797.5%
  4. 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA1,4021.1%
  5. 5D.ANBARASANIndependent · IND6360.5%
  6. 6PRIYAIndependent · IND3240.3%
  7. 7SIDDAGANGAIAH.R (SIDDU)Aam Aadmi Party · AAP3010.2%
  8. 8RAGHURAMAN.GRPIA · RPIA1600.1%
  9. 9AYYAPPA .KIndependent · IND1340.1%
  10. 10SRIKANTH SEETHARAMAIMEP · AIMEP1080.1%
  11. 11SHIVAKUMARFCI · FCI1030.1%
  12. 12SUNSTAR D. JAYARAMGAP · GAP1020.1%
  13. 13GUNALAN. MIndependent · IND920.1%
  14. 14M. LOKESHRMVP · RMVP690.1%

Since 2013

Derived
Winner then
JDS
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–JDS swing
+74.7%
INC share
38.6% → 77.2%
JDS share
48.8% → 12.6%
Turnout
56.4% → 54.5%
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