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165. Tumkur

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-TUMKUR

INC 55.9%won by 29.5%JNPJP 26.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.8% to 29.5%.

  • New challengerJNPJP (JNPJP) finished second with 26.4% — it did not contest here in 1984.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.3% between them, down from 96.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.7% to 70.0%.

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

Electorate
9,63,069
Turnout
70.0%
Valid votes
6,74,040
Margin
1,99,138
29.54%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJNPJP swing
−21.5%
INC share
51.0% 55.9%
JNPJP share
0.0% 26.4%
Turnout
72.7% 70.0%