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Constituency

178. Kalghatgi

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1999

KA-KALGHATGI

BJP 36.1%won by 4.1%IND 32.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 4.1%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 16.8% to 36.1% of the vote here (+19.2%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Karnataka Rajya Ryota Sangha (KRRS) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 68.1% of the vote between them, up from 46.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
91,405
Margin
3,712
4.06%

Since 1994

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPIND swing
+0.2%
BJP share
16.8% 36.1%
IND share
13.0% 32.0%
Turnout