Constituency
16. Gurmitkal
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1999
KA-GURMITKAL
INC 76.8%won by 66.3%JDU 10.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 26.7% to 66.3%.
- New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 10.5% — it did not contest here in 1994.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
71,095
Margin
47,124
66.28%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1MALLIKARJUN KHARGEIndian National Congress · INC54,56976.8%
- 2ASHOK GURUJIJanata Dal (United) · JDU7,44510.5%
- 3TIMMANNA HEDGIMADRIJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS6,9869.8%
- 4SHANTARAJ MOTANALLIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,2311.7%
- 5A. BUGGAYYAIndependent · IND8641.2%
Since 1994
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JDU swing
- +7.5%
- INC share
- 58.8% → 76.8%
- JDU share
- 0.0% → 10.5%
- Turnout
- — → —