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171. Bangalore South

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-BANGALORE-SOUTH

JNP 45.8%won by 0.6%INCI 45.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 0.6%.

  • JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 45.8% of the vote here (+45.8%).
  • New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 45.1% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.9% between them, down from 96.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 12.7% to 50.3%.

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

Electorate
8,62,157
Turnout
50.3%
Valid votes
4,33,536
Margin
2,727
0.63%

Candidates

20 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1T.R. SHAMANNAJanata Party · JNP1,98,39045.8%
  2. 2D.P. SHARMAINCI · INCI1,95,66345.1%
  3. 3M.S. KRISHNANCommunist Party of India · CPI26,9996.2%
  4. 4G. SADANANDAIndependent · IND1,6520.4%
  5. 5B.T. SHANKAR HEGDEIndependent · IND1,5490.4%
  6. 6H.V. VENKATARAMAIAHIndependent · IND1,0770.2%
  7. 7SHIVANNAIndependent · IND9270.2%
  8. 8K.H. SHARMAIndependent · IND7830.2%
  9. 9M.S. BORAIAHIndependent · IND7810.2%
  10. 10P. SHREENIVASACHARYAIndependent · IND7440.2%
  11. 11B.A. RAJARAO SHINDESUC · SUC7420.2%
  12. 12K. SHIVAPPAIndependent · IND6020.1%
  13. 13HOTTEPAKSHA RANGASWAMY ALIAS SWAMY RANGANATHNANDA PURIIndependent · IND5950.1%
  14. 14JAYAKUMARIndependent · IND5500.1%
  15. 15KRISHNARAOIndependent · IND5180.1%
  16. 16S. PRAKASHKUMARIndependent · IND4550.1%
  17. 17C. MAHADEVASWAMYIndependent · IND4220.1%
  18. 18SWAMY KRISHNA TEERTHAIndependent · IND4090.1%
  19. 19G.M. SABEELIndependent · IND3660.1%
  20. 20R. ESWARAIAHIndependent · IND3120.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNP–INCI swing
+0.6%
JNP share
0.0% → 45.8%
INCI share
0.0% → 45.1%
Turnout
63.0% → 50.3%
170. Bangalore North172. Mandya
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