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Constituency

158. Bidar

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-BIDAR

INC 32.3%won by 7.1%IND 25.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.7% to 7.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 21.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.5% between them, down from 89.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 11.7% to 55.5%.

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

Electorate
9,93,316
Turnout
55.5%
Valid votes
5,50,865
Margin
38,947
7.07%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−43.0%
INC share
53.4% 32.3%
IND share
3.3% 25.2%
Turnout
43.8% 55.5%