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170. Chitradurga

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-CHITRADURGA

INC 52.5%won by 14.3%BJP 38.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.5% to 14.3%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 38.2% — it did not contest here in 1989.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.7% of the vote between them, up from 81.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 8.8% to 55.8%.

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

Electorate
10,34,317
Turnout
55.8%
Valid votes
5,76,951
Margin
82,512
14.30%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1C.P. MUDALAGIRIYAPPAIndian National Congress · INC3,02,84752.5%
  2. 2L.G. HAVANURABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,20,33538.2%
  3. 3V.S. UGARAPPAJanahitha Paksha · JP42,9897.5%
  4. 4S. PHLOMIN DASIndependent · IND4,7900.8%
  5. 5MALLIKARJUNAIAHIndependent · IND3,0850.5%
  6. 6BUDEN SABIndependent · IND1,4570.3%
  7. 7SATHYANARAYANAIndependent · IND1,4480.3%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−36.9%
INC share
51.2% → 52.5%
BJP share
0.0% → 38.2%
Turnout
64.5% → 55.8%
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