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184. Bangalore South

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-BANGALORE-SOUTH

BJP 53.8%won by 22.6%INC 31.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.1% to 22.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.1% of the vote between them, up from 67.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.0% to 57.1%.

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

Electorate
13,98,070
Turnout
57.1%
Valid votes
7,98,135
Margin
1,80,047
22.56%

Candidates

11 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1ANANTH KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,29,64853.8%
  2. 2D.P.SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC2,49,60131.3%
  3. 3V.SOMANNAJanata Dal · JD1,10,32313.8%
  4. 4B.S.RAJPUTSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP2,6880.3%
  5. 5GUINNESS HOTTE PAKSHA RANGASWAMYIndependent · IND1,6490.2%
  6. 6DR.B.R.MANJUNATHIndependent · IND1,0320.1%
  7. 7FRANCISIndependent · IND9150.1%
  8. 8ABBAS ALI BOHRAKTVP · KTVP7040.1%
  9. 9S.V.RAMANNARashtriya Janata Dal · RJD5920.1%
  10. 10SHEKHARIndependent · IND5620.1%
  11. 11L.NAGARAJIndependent · IND4210.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+19.5%
BJP share
35.1% → 53.8%
INC share
32.0% → 31.3%
Turnout
55.1% → 57.1%
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