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182. Kanakapura

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-KANAKAPURA

BJP 39.0%won by 1.4%INC 37.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 1.4%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 23.6% to 39.0% of the vote here (+15.4%).
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.1% to 62.7%.

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

Electorate
19,21,886
Turnout
62.7%
Valid votes
12,06,041
Margin
16,441
1.36%

Candidates

7 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1M.SRINIVASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,70,38739.0%
  2. 2DR.D.PREMACHANDRA SAGARIndian National Congress · INC4,53,94637.6%
  3. 3H.D.KUMARASWAMYJanata Dal · JD2,60,85921.6%
  4. 4MUNIYAPPABahujan Samaj Party · BSP15,7321.3%
  5. 5RAM AVATHAR AGARVALIndependent · IND3,2550.3%
  6. 6G.SRINIVASIndependent · IND1,3970.1%
  7. 7H.G.SRINIVASIndependent · IND4650.0%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–INC swing
+9.6%
BJP share
23.6% → 39.0%
INC share
31.8% → 37.6%
Turnout
60.7% → 62.7%
181. Kolar183. Bangalore North
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