Constituency
159. Raichur
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-RAICHUR
INC 54.1%won by 14.6%JNP 39.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: INCI (INCI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 14.6%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 54.1% of the vote here (+54.1%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from INCU (INCU) to Janata Party (JNP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.5% of the vote between them, up from 83.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 14.3% to 53.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,34,816
Turnout
53.4%
Valid votes
3,92,451
Margin
57,386
14.62%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1B. V. DESAIIndian National Congress · INC2,12,24454.1%
- 2VISHWANATH REDDYJanata Party · JNP1,54,85839.5%
- 3ABDUL WAHED JAGIRDHARLKD · LKD14,2923.6%
- 4PANDURANGIndependent · IND9,2892.4%
- 5VEERAPA H. MASTERIndependent · IND1,7680.5%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INCI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- +29.7%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 54.1%
- JNP share
- 15.1% → 39.5%
- Turnout
- 39.1% → 53.4%