Constituency
168. Sirsi
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1999
KA-SIRSI
BJP 44.4%won by 13.0%INC 31.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 13.0%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 26.0% to 44.4% of the vote here (+18.3%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.8% of the vote between them, up from 53.9% — 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
96,489
Margin
12,512
12.97%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BJP- 1VIVEKANANDA VAIDYABharatiya Janata Party · BJP42,81344.4%
- 2GOPAL MUKUND KANADEIndian National Congress · INC30,30131.4%
- 3P.S.JAIWANTIndependent · IND21,67922.5%
- 4B CHANDRAPPAIndependent · IND9921.0%
- 5JOGLEKAR VISHWANATH BANGARYAJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS7040.7%
Since 1994
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +12.4%
- BJP share
- 26.0% → 44.4%
- INC share
- 25.5% → 31.4%
- Turnout
- — → —