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184. Shimoga

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-SHIMOGA

INC 45.9%won by 6.6%BJP 39.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.2% to 6.6%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.2% of the vote between them, up from 57.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 9.0% to 58.7%.

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

Electorate
10,43,040
Turnout
58.7%
Valid votes
6,12,416
Margin
40,703
6.65%

Candidates

17 contested · winner INC
  1. 1K.G. SHIVAPPAIndian National Congress · INC2,81,18245.9%
  2. 2B.S. YEDIYURAPPABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,40,47939.3%
  3. 3M.S. MAHADEVAPPAJanata Dal · JD63,97410.4%
  4. 4K.T. GANGADARAKarnataka Rashtra Samithi · KRS15,6772.6%
  5. 5G. CHOODAPPAIndependent · IND2,7800.5%
  6. 6CHANDRAPPAIndependent · IND1,2030.2%
  7. 7GUNDUMANE NAGABHUSHANAIndependent · IND1,1530.2%
  8. 8PARSHURAM KANPETIndependent · IND1,0030.2%
  9. 9GANESH BHATPBI · PBI8790.1%
  10. 10U. MOTHINAYAKIndependent · IND7600.1%
  11. 11S.S.L. BHATIndependent · IND7300.1%
  12. 12S. GURUCHIDAMBARIndependent · IND6400.1%
  13. 13T.R. DEVENDRAPPAIndependent · IND5270.1%
  14. 14K. NARAYANAMSD · MSD5200.1%
  15. 15B.T. BHASKAR SHETTYIndependent · IND3550.1%
  16. 16IKRAM ULLA KHANIndependent · IND3220.1%
  17. 17B.L. KRISHNAVENI (W)Independent · IND2320.0%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−16.5%
INC share
38.8% → 45.9%
BJP share
15.6% → 39.3%
Turnout
67.8% → 58.7%
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