Constituency
174. Raichur
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-RAICHUR
INC 44.9%won by 13.3%JD 31.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.3%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 37.1% to 44.9% of the vote here (+7.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.5% between them, down from 81.8% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.6% to 49.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,99,449
Turnout
49.1%
Valid votes
5,88,461
Margin
78,278
13.30%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1A.VENKATESH NAIKIndian National Congress · INC2,64,18744.9%
- 2RAJA RANGAPPA NAIKJanata Dal · JD1,85,90931.6%
- 3ABDUL SAMAD SIDDIQUILok Shakti · LS1,17,99920.1%
- 4KARIYAPPA PATIL ADVOCATEKTVP · KTVP9,3591.6%
- 5N.BHANURAJA ADVOCATEIndependent · IND7,8121.3%
- 6SHANTAPPA JUMMAPPA SIDDAPURIndependent · IND1,8320.3%
- 7LAXMI DEVI V.H.MASTERCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL1,3630.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JD swing
- +20.9%
- INC share
- 37.1% → 44.9%
- JD share
- 44.7% → 31.6%
- Turnout
- 42.5% → 49.1%