Constituency
173. Gulbarga
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-GULBARGA
BJP 44.7%won by 17.9%JD 26.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 17.9%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 33.2% to 44.7% of the vote here (+11.6%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 10.7% to 57.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
12,74,111
Turnout
57.7%
Valid votes
7,35,708
Margin
1,31,798
17.91%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BJP- 1BASWARAJ PATIL SEDAMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,28,98244.7%
- 2QAMARUL ISLAMJanata Dal · JD1,97,18426.8%
- 3DR.B.G.JAWALIIndian National Congress · INC1,40,91319.2%
- 4VITHAL HEROORBahujan Samaj Party · BSP55,5837.6%
- 5S.K.KANTASamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP7,6711.0%
- 6MAHAMED MASAQ ALIBMSM · BMSM3,0300.4%
- 7KHALID KAREEM KHANRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,4560.2%
- 8ABDUL HAMID DABARMUL · MUL8890.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–JD swing
- +20.7%
- BJP share
- 33.2% → 44.7%
- JD share
- 35.9% → 26.8%
- Turnout
- 47.1% → 57.7%