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115. Chamaraja

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1999

KA-CHAMARAJA

BJP 55.7%won by 25.5%INC 30.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.6% to 25.5%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.9% of the vote between them, up from 64.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
87,511
Margin
22,321
25.51%

Candidates

5 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1H.S. SHANKARALINGE GOWDABharatiya Janata Party · BJP48,73355.7%
  2. 2VASUIndian National Congress · INC26,41230.2%
  3. 3D. DRUVAKUMARJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS10,93112.5%
  4. 4H.K. RAMEGOWDAIndependent · IND7850.9%
  5. 5BINNUKUMARAIndependent · IND6500.7%

Since 1994

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−1.3%
BJP share
40.2% → 55.7%
INC share
13.4% → 30.2%
Turnout
— → —
114. Krishnaraja116. Narasimharaja
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