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172. Bidar

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-BIDAR

BJP 48.0%won by 20.8%INC 27.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.0% to 20.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 10.6% to 60.8%.

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

Electorate
12,00,598
Turnout
60.8%
Valid votes
7,29,679
Margin
1,52,033
20.84%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−15.4%
BJP share
53.2% 48.0%
INC share
17.0% 27.2%
Turnout
50.2% 60.8%