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166. Chikballapur

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-CHIKBALLAPUR

INC 52.7%won by 19.6%JD 33.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.1% to 19.6%.

  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 33.1% — it did not contest here in 1984.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.8% between them, down from 95.5% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
9,79,204
Turnout
71.2%
Valid votes
6,97,076
Margin
1,36,888
19.64%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1V.KRISHNA RAOIndian National Congress · INC3,67,63852.7%
  2. 2CHANDRASHEKARAJanata Dal · JD2,30,75033.1%
  3. 3S.MUNIYAPPAJNPJP · JNPJP87,35512.5%
  4. 4G.S.THIMMAIAHIndependent · IND4,9640.7%
  5. 5M.N.RAGHAVENDRA RAOIndependent · IND2,4650.4%
  6. 6M.VENKATARAYAPPAIndependent · IND2,1450.3%
  7. 7P.A.LAKSHMI NARAYANASETTYIndependent · IND1,7590.3%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JD swing
−32.2%
INC share
51.8% → 52.7%
JD share
0.0% → 33.1%
Turnout
72.6% → 71.2%
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