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172. Bidar

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-BIDAR

BJP 53.2%won by 31.0%JD 22.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.9% to 31.0%.

  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 22.3% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.5% of the vote between them, up from 64.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.3% to 50.2%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
11,88,479
Turnout
50.2%
Valid votes
5,96,294
Margin
1,84,633
30.96%

Candidates

8 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1RAMCHANDRA VEERAPPABharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,17,50453.2%
  2. 2BABU HONNA NAIKJanata Dal · JD1,32,87122.3%
  3. 3GUNDAPPA KORWARIndian National Congress · INC1,01,15017.0%
  4. 4SURYAWANSHI VAIJANATH RAOBahujan Samaj Party · BSP31,2885.2%
  5. 5SHARANBASAPPA VITTAPPA SIRSIKARJanahitha Paksha · JP7,0241.2%
  6. 6DR.SHANKER RAO SONALAWADIIndependent · IND2,9130.5%
  7. 7YESHWANTH RAMCHANDRASamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP2,8960.5%
  8. 8MALLAPPA J. MADARIndependent · IND6480.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–JD swing
−17.5%
BJP share
48.5% → 53.2%
JD share
0.0% → 22.3%
Turnout
42.9% → 50.2%
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