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128. Somwarpet

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1999

KA-SOMWARPET

BJP 39.1%won by 3.9%IND 35.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.1% to 3.9%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 35.2% — it polled just 0.4% in 1994.
  • 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
91,529
Margin
3,573
3.90%

Candidates

7 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1APPACHU RANJAN M.P.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP35,76839.1%
  2. 2JEEVIJAYAIndependent · IND32,19535.2%
  3. 3K.P. CHANDRAKALAIndian National Congress · INC20,73022.6%
  4. 4CHINNAPPA R.K.Janata Dal (Secular) · JDS1,6751.8%
  5. 5KALIVEERA J SRIDHARABahujan Samaj Party · BSP6070.7%
  6. 6H.D. JAVARAIAHIndependent · IND4430.5%
  7. 7MARGARATE D SOZA (MAGGI)Independent · IND1110.1%

Since 1994

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–IND swing
−31.6%
BJP share
35.8% → 39.1%
IND share
0.4% → 35.2%
Turnout
— → —
127. Madikeri129. Belur
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