Constituency
178. Chitradurga
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-CHITRADURGA
INC 42.9%won by 7.8%LS 35.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 32.9% to 42.9% of the vote here (+10.0%).
- New challengerLok Shakti (LS) finished second with 35.1% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.0% of the vote between them, up from 68.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.1% to 65.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,52,852
Turnout
65.1%
Valid votes
7,50,754
Margin
58,321
7.77%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1C.P.MUDALA GIRIYAPPAIndian National Congress · INC3,21,93042.9%
- 2P.KODANDARAMAIAHLok Shakti · LS2,63,60935.1%
- 3THIPPESWAMYJanata Dal · JD1,53,36720.4%
- 4D.BORAPPAKTVP · KTVP10,8951.5%
- 5S.C.ASWATHA NARAYANAIndependent · IND5520.1%
- 6S.HARIDASIndependent · IND4010.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–LS swing
- −25.1%
- INC share
- 32.9% → 42.9%
- LS share
- 0.0% → 35.1%
- Turnout
- 63.1% → 65.1%