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159. Bidar

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-BIDAR

INCI 59.5%won by 39.5%JNP 20.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 39.5%.

  • INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 59.5% of the vote here (+59.5%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 20.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.5% between them, down from 95.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 11.0% to 38.6%.

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

Electorate
6,91,041
Turnout
38.6%
Valid votes
2,66,925
Margin
1,05,408
39.49%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INCIflipped
INCIJNP swing
+39.5%
INCI share
0.0% 59.5%
JNP share
0.0% 20.0%
Turnout
49.7% 38.6%