Constituency
192. Shimoga
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-SHIMOGA
BJP 45.4%won by 20.6%INC 24.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: KCP (KCP) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 20.6%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 32.1% to 45.4% of the vote here (+13.3%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.2% to 69.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,10,135
Turnout
69.9%
Valid votes
7,75,896
Margin
1,59,907
20.61%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BJP- 1AYANOOR MANJUNATHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,52,27745.4%
- 2D.B.CHANDRE GOWDAIndian National Congress · INC1,92,37024.8%
- 3S.BANGARAPPAKTVP · KTVP1,86,73124.1%
- 4B.P.SHIVAKUMARJanata Dal · JD37,9534.9%
- 5H.BANGARAPPAIndependent · IND6,5650.8%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- KCP
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- −2.3%
- BJP share
- 32.1% → 45.4%
- INC share
- 9.2% → 24.8%
- Turnout
- 66.7% → 69.9%