Constituency
194. Dharwad South
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-DHARWAD-SOUTH
INC 32.5%won by 1.6%JD 30.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.9% to 1.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Janata Dal (JD).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.4% between them, down from 78.6% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.6% to 58.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,40,747
Turnout
58.2%
Valid votes
6,05,573
Margin
9,609
1.59%
Candidates
16 contested · winner INC- 1I G SANADIIndian National Congress · INC1,96,67732.5%
- 2B M MENSHINKAIJanata Dal · JD1,87,06830.9%
- 3B G BANAKARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,85,78930.7%
- 4HULGUR C MKCP · KCP16,1362.7%
- 5SOMANNANAVAR GUDADAYYA FAKKIRAPPAIndependent · IND3,1650.5%
- 6MAHADEVSWAMY RUDRAMUNISWAMYIndependent · IND2,9430.5%
- 7KULKARNI C GIndependent · IND2,7460.5%
- 8BYADAGI L KIndependent · IND2,6500.4%
- 9N C GUDDADKALALIndependent · IND2,3920.4%
- 10FATTE AHMED ABDUL RAHMAN SHAIKHIndependent · IND1,4260.2%
- 11LINGAYYA SANGAYYA SHASHIMATHIndependent · IND1,0940.2%
- 12SHIVAPUR GURUSHANTAPPA GADIGEPPAIndependent · IND7950.1%
- 13HALAPPAGOUDAR PARWATHAGOUDA BASANAGOUDAIndependent · IND7710.1%
- 14KOLHAR RAJESAB DASTAGIRSABIndependent · IND7590.1%
- 15HULIHALLI NAGRAJ BASAPPAIndependent · IND7090.1%
- 16MAMANI PRAKASH VEERUPAKSHAPPAIndependent · IND4530.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JD swing
- −29.2%
- INC share
- 46.7% → 32.5%
- JD share
- 15.9% → 30.9%
- Turnout
- 52.6% → 58.2%