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179. Tumkur

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-TUMKUR

INC 41.2%won by 8.3%BJP 33.0%

What changed here

Derived

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

  • INC vote shareINC went from 35.6% to 41.2% of the vote here (+5.6%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.2% between them, down from 81.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.6% to 71.2%.

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

Electorate
10,86,936
Turnout
71.2%
Valid votes
7,73,846
Margin
63,937
8.26%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJP swing
+18.2%
INC share
35.6% 41.2%
BJP share
45.5% 33.0%
Turnout
66.6% 71.2%