Constituency
195. Dharwad North
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-DHARWAD-NORTH
BJP 39.1%won by 6.9%JD 32.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 6.9%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 28.7% to 39.1% of the vote here (+10.5%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Janata Dal (JD).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 71.4% of the vote between them, up from 61.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.1% to 54.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,71,304
Turnout
54.5%
Valid votes
5,84,040
Margin
40,351
6.91%
Candidates
21 contested · winner BJP- 1VIJAY SANKESHWARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,28,57239.1%
- 2MUNAVALLI SHANKARANNA ISHWARAPPAJanata Dal · JD1,88,22132.2%
- 3D K NAIKARIndian National Congress · INC1,49,76825.6%
- 4SHALAVADI BHEEMRADDI NARAPPAIndependent · IND3,1030.5%
- 5YALAWATTI RAMAPPA MALLAPPAIndependent · IND2,0330.3%
- 6ADIVEPPA MALLAPPA HONNAPPANAVARIndependent · IND1,5800.3%
- 7CHALAWADI GURUSAHANTAPPA HANAMAPPAIndependent · IND1,4860.3%
- 8PATIL KRISHTAGOUDA RANGANAGOUDAIndependent · IND1,2370.2%
- 9K L MANKANIIndependent · IND1,2020.2%
- 10IMAMSAB MAHBOOBSAB TORGALIndependent · IND9420.2%
- 11MALLUR GOPAL VIRUPAKSHAPPAIndependent · IND8470.1%
- 12GURUNATH YALLAPPA PADASUNAGIIndependent · IND7630.1%
- 13FAKKIRADDI NINGAPPA UGALATIndependent · IND6560.1%
- 14K S ACHARYAIndependent · IND5930.1%
- 15KORLAHALLI SOMASHEKARIndependent · IND5600.1%
- 16SOMALINGAPPA GURULINGAPPA HAKKAPAKKIIndependent · IND5250.1%
- 17HEMANT KUMAR PANCHALIndependent · IND4860.1%
- 18PATIL BASANAGOUDA APANAGOUDAIndependent · IND4020.1%
- 19PUJAR KANAKARAM MARKANDEPPAIndependent · IND4000.1%
- 20BADDI GANAPATSA TUKARAMIndependent · IND3410.1%
- 21SANTOSH SARVADEIndependent · IND3230.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–JD swing
- +6.6%
- BJP share
- 28.7% → 39.1%
- JD share
- 28.4% → 32.2%
- Turnout
- 49.4% → 54.5%