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Constituency

194. Dharwad South

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-DHARWAD-SOUTH

INC 32.5%won by 1.6%JD 30.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJD swing
−29.2%
INC share
46.7% 32.5%
JD share
15.9% 30.9%
Turnout
52.6% 58.2%