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179. Tumkur

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-TUMKUR

JD 28.6%won by 2.3%BJP 26.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Janata Dal (JD), which now leads by 2.3%.

  • JD vote shareJD went from 0.0% to 28.6% of the vote here (+28.6%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 54.9% between them, down from 83.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.6% to 64.0%.

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

Electorate
10,49,708
Turnout
64.0%
Valid votes
6,72,155
Margin
15,712
2.34%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
JDflipped
JDBJP swing
+45.6%
JD share
0.0% 28.6%
BJP share
43.3% 26.3%
Turnout
60.5% 64.0%