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Constituency

199. Bijapur

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-BIJAPUR

INC 40.9%won by 8.3%BJP 32.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.3%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 26.5% to 40.9% of the vote here (+14.5%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.6% of the vote between them, up from 67.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 10.2% to 56.4%.

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

Electorate
11,33,499
Turnout
56.4%
Valid votes
6,39,417
Margin
52,822
8.26%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJP swing
+12.4%
INC share
26.5% 40.9%
BJP share
30.6% 32.7%
Turnout
46.2% 56.4%