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186. Chamarajanagar

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-CHAMARAJANAGAR

JD 46.5%won by 9.6%INC 36.9%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.4% to 9.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.4% of the vote between them, up from 58.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
10,82,515
Turnout
67.7%
Valid votes
7,32,403
Margin
70,315
9.60%

Candidates

8 contested · winner JD
  1. 1SIDDARAJU. A.Janata Dal · JD3,40,49046.5%
  2. 2SREENIVASA PRASAD. V.Indian National Congress · INC2,70,17536.9%
  3. 3SUSHEELA KESHAVAMURTHYLok Shakti · LS75,16510.3%
  4. 4ARUN KUMAR. S.KTVP · KTVP19,2542.6%
  5. 5MALLEDEVARU.M.C.Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha · KCVP19,2022.6%
  6. 6PUTTASWAMY.M.PSSS · PSSS4,5290.6%
  7. 7NAGARAJ.C.M.Independent · IND2,6250.4%
  8. 8VENKATASUBBAIAHIndependent · IND9630.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JD–INC swing
+6.2%
JD share
30.8% → 46.5%
INC share
27.4% → 36.9%
Turnout
66.0% → 67.7%
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