Election
Constituency

47. Challakere

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1999

KA-CHALLAKERE

BJP 25.8%won by 8.6%JDS 17.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 8.6%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 20.4% to 25.8% of the vote here (+5.4%).
  • New challengerJanata Dal (Secular) (JDS) finished second with 17.2% — it did not contest here in 1994.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 43.1% between them, down from 69.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
1,02,594
Margin
8,852
8.63%

Candidates

14 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1G BASAVARAJ MANDIMUTTBharatiya Janata Party · BJP26,51725.8%
  2. 2THIPPESWAMYJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS17,66517.2%
  3. 3N JAYANNAIndependent · IND16,92216.5%
  4. 4T PRABHUDEVIndian National Congress · INC13,12112.8%
  5. 5GOWDA BLIndependent · IND8,1167.9%
  6. 6H. JAGALURAIAHIndependent · IND4,2004.1%
  7. 7HC SHIVASHANKARAPPAJanata Dal (United) · JDU3,8483.8%
  8. 8BASAIAHIndependent · IND3,6583.6%
  9. 9M SHIVAMURTHYIndependent · IND1,9691.9%
  10. 10L NARAYANA SWAMYBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,7001.7%
  11. 11T RANGASWAMYKannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha · KCVP1,5171.5%
  12. 12KP BHOOTHAIAHIndependent · IND1,3131.3%
  13. 13CY SHIVARUDRAPPACommunist Party of India · CPI1,1091.1%
  14. 14EN VENKATESHIndependent · IND9390.9%

Since 1994

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–JDS swing
−11.8%
BJP share
20.4% → 25.8%
JDS share
0.0% → 17.2%
Turnout
— → —
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