Constituency
150. Karkal
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1999
KA-KARKAL
INC 62.7%won by 26.2%BJP 36.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.4% to 26.2%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.2% of the vote between them, up from 71.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
79,116
Margin
20,734
26.21%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1H GOPALA BHANDARYIndian National Congress · INC49,59162.7%
- 2KP SHENOYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP28,85736.5%
- 3MN JAYAKUMARJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS6680.8%
Since 1994
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- +4.9%
- INC share
- 46.6% → 62.7%
- BJP share
- 25.3% → 36.5%
- Turnout
- — → —