Karnataka’s public gets more decisive, winning MLAs poll more than half of vote share

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Karnatakas new MLAs have won their constituencies fair and square, by a vote share of 50% on average according to a report by non-profits Karnataka Election Watch (KEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR)..

This is an improvement from the previous assembly elections in 2018, where the winners polled 48% of the vote share on average...

Five winning candidates have been elected with more than a 40% margin of victory..

Eight candidates have won by the skin of their teeth, gaining a margin of less than 1000 votes..

BJPs Bhagirathi Murulya polled the highest vote share among women with 57% votes in her constituency Sullia in Dakshina Kannada...

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