Constituency
168. Kanakapura
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-KANAKAPURA
INC 53.0%won by 28.6%JD 24.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.1% to 28.6%.
- New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 24.4% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.3% between them, down from 94.5% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.9% to 65.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
13,55,284
Turnout
65.8%
Valid votes
8,91,182
Margin
2,55,221
28.64%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1M.V.CHANDRASHEKHARA MURTHYIndian National Congress · INC4,72,26553.0%
- 2C.NARAYANASWAMYJanata Dal · JD2,17,04424.4%
- 3B.L.LAKKE GOWDAJNPJP · JNPJP1,85,71620.8%
- 4M.BASAPPAJIKarnataka Rashtra Samithi · KRS10,5531.2%
- 5K.G.ASHWATHANARAYANAIAHLkd (B) · LKDB2,8320.3%
- 6C.MEHADEVASWAMYIndependent · IND2,7720.3%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JD swing
- −19.1%
- INC share
- 47.8% → 53.0%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 24.4%
- Turnout
- 70.7% → 65.8%