Constituency
77. Rajaji Nagar
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1999
KA-RAJAJI-NAGAR
BJP 38.8%won by 15.7%IND 23.1%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.8% to 15.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 23.1% — it polled just 0.5% in 1994.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.8% between them, down from 81.3% — the field split more ways.
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
1,38,127
Margin
21,715
15.72%
Candidates
14 contested · winner BJP- 1SURESHKUMAR SBharatiya Janata Party · BJP53,55438.8%
- 2NARENDRA BABU NLIndependent · IND31,83923.1%
- 3VASANTHI SHIVANNAIndian National Congress · INC23,10716.7%
- 4HUCHAPPA JJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS21,00515.2%
- 5ANANTHASUBBARAO HVCommunist Party of India · CPI3,3092.4%
- 6NARENDRA BABU KAIndependent · IND1,1970.9%
- 7DHANARAJ MCIndependent · IND1,0960.8%
- 8GOVINDAIAH BRIndependent · IND7990.6%
- 9REVANASIDDAIAHIndependent · IND6550.5%
- 10BOMMEGOWDA BIndependent · IND3730.3%
- 11MAHALINGU YSIndependent · IND3300.2%
- 12KRISHNAVENI VIndependent · IND3110.2%
- 13RAMUIndependent · IND3100.2%
- 14BHAGWAT SINGH RAJPUTIndependent · IND2420.2%
Since 1994
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–IND swing
- −31.3%
- BJP share
- 47.5% → 38.8%
- IND share
- 0.5% → 23.1%
- Turnout
- — → —