Constituency
188. Mangalore
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-MANGALORE
BJP 48.2%won by 1.0%INC 47.2%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 2.1% to 1.0%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.3% of the vote between them, up from 71.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.2% to 72.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,71,958
Turnout
72.9%
Valid votes
7,08,897
Margin
6,907
0.97%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJP- 1V.DHANANJAYA KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,41,36248.2%
- 2JANARDHANA POOJARYIndian National Congress · INC3,34,45547.2%
- 3MATHANDA RAMESHJanata Dal · JD28,1904.0%
- 4J. RAMDASKTVP · KTVP2,9520.4%
- 5B. ISMAILJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party · PDP1,0560.1%
- 6NITTE VIDYADHAR SHETTYIndependent · IND8820.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −1.1%
- BJP share
- 36.7% → 48.2%
- INC share
- 34.6% → 47.2%
- Turnout
- 70.8% → 72.9%