Constituency
188. Mangalore
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-MANGALORE
BJP 36.7%won by 2.1%INC 34.6%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.3% to 2.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.3% between them, down from 93.3% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 12.0% to 70.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,64,856
Turnout
70.8%
Valid votes
6,82,954
Margin
14,499
2.12%
Candidates
12 contested · winner BJP- 1V DHANANJAYA KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,50,76536.7%
- 2JANARDHANA POOJARYIndian National Congress · INC2,36,26634.6%
- 3B A JIVIJAYAJanata Dal · JD1,80,88926.5%
- 4EVEREST D SOUZAIndependent · IND4,3180.6%
- 5P V VIJAYA KUMARIndependent · IND2,2180.3%
- 6P M BOJAPPAIndependent · IND1,8410.3%
- 7KALACHANDA RAVI THAMMAIAHIndependent · IND1,8340.3%
- 8VASUDEVA M PIndependent · IND1,5170.2%
- 9KOCKANDA BELLIAPPA CHENGAPPAIndependent · IND1,0430.2%
- 10HARISH BANTWALIndependent · IND9610.1%
- 11MOHAN DEV ALVAIndependent · IND8610.1%
- 12P A ABBASIndependent · IND4410.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −4.2%
- BJP share
- 49.8% → 36.7%
- INC share
- 43.5% → 34.6%
- Turnout
- 58.8% → 70.8%