Constituency
166. Raichur
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-RAICHUR
INC 51.7%won by 32.5%JD 19.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.9% to 32.5%.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 12.3% to 37.9%.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,94,512
Turnout
37.9%
Valid votes
3,76,886
Margin
1,22,458
32.49%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1VENKATESH NAIKIndian National Congress · INC1,94,70951.7%
- 2NAZEER AHMED SIDDIQUIJanata Dal · JD72,25119.2%
- 3RANGANATH REDDYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP66,52117.7%
- 4CHANNABASAVAPPA VAKIL BETTADURKarnataka Rashtra Samithi · KRS28,9417.7%
- 5SHIVARUDRAPPAIndependent · IND4,3171.1%
- 6MUTHUSAMY SETHU MUTHUSAMYBKUS · BKUS2,4780.7%
- 7G. ASHANNAIndependent · IND2,2850.6%
- 8V. SRIPADIndependent · IND2,1900.6%
- 9S. NOORUL HASANMSD · MSD1,6140.4%
- 10B.H. MASTERIndependent · IND9020.2%
- 11HOTTEPAKSHA RANGASWAMYIndependent · IND6780.2%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JD swing
- +14.6%
- INC share
- 45.9% → 51.7%
- JD share
- 28.0% → 19.2%
- Turnout
- 50.2% → 37.9%