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193. Kanara

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-KANARA

BJP 50.7%won by 12.2%INC 38.6%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.7% to 12.2%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.3% of the vote between them, up from 77.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.6% to 65.9%.

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

Electorate
10,86,420
Turnout
65.9%
Valid votes
7,15,543
Margin
87,047
12.17%

Candidates

7 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1ANANT KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,63,05150.7%
  2. 2ALVA MARGRETIndian National Congress · INC2,76,00438.6%
  3. 3BOBATI UDACHAPPA KHEERAPPAJanata Dal · JD36,5585.1%
  4. 4BHEMANNA NAIKKTVP · KTVP27,0223.8%
  5. 5I.M.RIZWANIndependent · IND7,1631.0%
  6. 6LALITA G.HEGDESamajwadi Party · SP3,6230.5%
  7. 7M.K.SHANBHAG KALBAGKARIndependent · IND2,1220.3%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−17.0%
BJP share
42.9% → 50.7%
INC share
13.8% → 38.6%
Turnout
60.3% → 65.9%
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