Constituency
126. Virajpet
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1999
KA-VIRAJPET
INC 49.0%won by 7.2%BJP 41.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 32.9% to 49.0% of the vote here (+16.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.7% of the vote between them, up from 68.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
59,510
Margin
4,269
7.17%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SUMA VASANTHAIndian National Congress · INC29,13649.0%
- 2BASAVARAJU MDBharatiya Janata Party · BJP24,86741.8%
- 3K.B. SHANTHAPPAJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS4,2717.2%
- 4PUSHKARA G.S.Independent · IND6691.1%
- 5J.P. RAJUBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5671.0%
Since 1994
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +10.1%
- INC share
- 32.9% → 49.0%
- BJP share
- 35.9% → 41.8%
- Turnout
- — → —