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195. Dharwad North

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-DHARWAD-NORTH

BJP 39.1%won by 6.9%JD 32.2%

What changed here

Derived

The 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%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPJD swing
+6.6%
BJP share
28.7% 39.1%
JD share
28.4% 32.2%
Turnout
49.4% 54.5%