Constituency
178. Chitradurga
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-CHITRADURGA
JD 35.7%won by 2.7%INC 32.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Dal (JD), which now leads by 2.7%.
- JD vote shareJD went from 0.0% to 35.7% of the vote here (+35.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.6% between them, down from 90.7% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.3% to 63.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,18,685
Turnout
63.1%
Valid votes
7,05,498
Margin
19,382
2.75%
Candidates
18 contested · winner JD- 1P.KODANDARAMAIAHJanata Dal · JD2,51,61735.7%
- 2C P MUDALAGIRIYAPPAIndian National Congress · INC2,32,23532.9%
- 3L G HAVANURABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,89,89726.9%
- 4NANJUNDA ARADHYAJanahitha Paksha · JP7,4711.1%
- 5K T PRAKASHIndependent · IND3,9440.6%
- 6S T MANJUNATHIndependent · IND3,7080.5%
- 7M J JAYAKUMARIndependent · IND3,6670.5%
- 8H VEERANNABahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,6810.4%
- 9V C CHANNAKESHAVA REDDYIndependent · IND2,2000.3%
- 10M KARIYAPPAIndependent · IND1,0620.2%
- 11G S RAMANNAIndependent · IND1,0240.1%
- 12S V NAGARAJA RAOIndependent · IND1,0210.1%
- 13S R SHIVANANDAIndependent · IND9770.1%
- 14H KASHIRAMAIAHIndependent · IND9460.1%
- 15SYED CHAMAN SABIndependent · IND9400.1%
- 16M P MOHANAIndependent · IND8970.1%
- 17D PRABHAKARAIndependent · IND6360.1%
- 18S ARIFULLA CHANDRAGAVI KHADRIIndependent · IND5750.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JDflipped
- JD–INC swing
- +55.2%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 35.7%
- INC share
- 52.5% → 32.9%
- Turnout
- 55.8% → 63.1%