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Constituency

140. Karnal

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Haryana · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-KARNAL

INC 46.1%won by 1.5%BJP 44.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.5% to 1.5%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from ICJ (ICJ) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.8% of the vote between them, up from 77.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.1% to 62.9%.

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

Electorate
9,46,620
Turnout
62.9%
Valid votes
5,95,298
Margin
8,673
1.46%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−31.9%
INC share
48.7% 46.1%
BJP share
15.3% 44.6%
Turnout
68.0% 62.9%