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Constituency

185. Bijapur

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-BIJAPUR

INC 53.3%won by 21.5%JD 31.8%

What changed here

Derived

The 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%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCJD swing
−26.6%
INC share
48.1% 53.3%
JD share
0.0% 31.8%
Turnout
60.1% 60.5%