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195. Dharwad North

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-DHARWAD-NORTH

BJP 50.2%won by 19.1%INC 31.1%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.9% to 19.1%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.2% of the vote between them, up from 71.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.9% to 62.4%.

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

Electorate
10,84,875
Turnout
62.4%
Valid votes
6,77,286
Margin
1,29,201
19.08%

Candidates

8 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1VIJAY SANKESHWARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,39,66050.2%
  2. 2D.K.NAIKARIndian National Congress · INC2,10,45931.1%
  3. 3SHANKARANNA MUNVALLIJanata Dal · JD1,13,76316.8%
  4. 4DASTIKOPPA ANNAPPA BASAVANNEPPAIndependent · IND4,3100.6%
  5. 5KARIKAI MAHANTESH RUDRAPPAKTVP · KTVP3,6520.5%
  6. 6ACHARYA. K.S.MP · MP2,9030.4%
  7. 7SANTOSH SARVADEAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM1,5800.2%
  8. 8C.M.DEVENDRA NAYAKIndependent · IND9590.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+5.6%
BJP share
39.1% → 50.2%
INC share
25.6% → 31.1%
Turnout
54.5% → 62.4%
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