Constituency
185. Bijapur
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-BIJAPUR
INC 53.3%won by 21.5%JD 31.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 21.5%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 48.1% to 53.3% of the vote here (+5.2%).
- New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 31.8% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.1% between them, down from 96.7% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,49,422
Turnout
60.5%
Valid votes
5,74,302
Margin
1,23,333
21.48%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1GUDADINNI BASAGONDAPPA KADAPPAIndian National Congress · INC3,06,05053.3%
- 2SHIVASHANKAREPPA MALLAPPA GURADDIJanata Dal · JD1,82,71731.8%
- 3KHED NINGAPPA SIDDAPPAJNPJP · JNPJP77,51613.5%
- 4NAYAK MANOCHAR KESHAVIndependent · IND2,4750.4%
- 5S.C.WAGHAMOREIndependent · IND2,4690.4%
- 6KORALLI GANGADHAR SHIDRAMAPPAIndependent · IND2,0040.3%
- 7APPASAHEB YARANI GIRIMALIAPPAIndependent · IND1,0710.2%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JD swing
- −26.6%
- INC share
- 48.1% → 53.3%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 31.8%
- Turnout
- 60.1% → 60.5%