Constituency
177. Davangere
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-DAVANGERE
INC 42.2%won by 1.4%BJP 40.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 22.1% to 42.2% of the vote here (+20.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.0% of the vote between them, up from 60.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.0% to 68.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,81,787
Turnout
68.9%
Valid votes
8,14,241
Margin
11,332
1.39%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1SHAMANUR SHIVA SHANKARAPPAIndian National Congress · INC3,43,70442.2%
- 2G.MALLIKARJUNAPPABharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,32,37240.8%
- 3S.H. PATELJanata Dal · JD99,33412.2%
- 4NINGAPPA S.KTVP · KTVP32,7314.0%
- 5YOGISHRAO SHINDHEIndependent · IND2,3630.3%
- 6SRINIVASAIndependent · IND1,6400.2%
- 7BHOPALA NAIKIndependent · IND1,2540.2%
- 8S.SHARANAPPAIndependent · IND8430.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +16.1%
- INC share
- 22.1% → 42.2%
- BJP share
- 36.8% → 40.8%
- Turnout
- 63.9% → 68.9%