Constituency
194. Dharwad South
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-DHARWAD-SOUTH
LS 46.6%won by 12.3%INC 34.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Lok Shakti (LS), which now leads by 12.3%.
- LS vote shareLS went from 0.0% to 46.6% of the vote here (+46.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.9% of the vote between them, up from 63.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 8.2% to 66.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,61,612
Turnout
66.3%
Valid votes
7,04,424
Margin
86,962
12.35%
Candidates
4 contested · winner LS- 1B.M.MENASINAKAILok Shakti · LS3,28,33346.6%
- 2PROF. I.G.SANADIIndian National Congress · INC2,41,37134.3%
- 3SHIVANNANAVAR BASAVARAJ NEELAPPAJanata Dal · JD1,26,72218.0%
- 4DR.MOHAN HANDEKTVP · KTVP7,9981.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- LSflipped
- LS–INC swing
- +44.8%
- LS share
- 0.0% → 46.6%
- INC share
- 32.5% → 34.3%
- Turnout
- 58.2% → 66.3%