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180. Chikballapur

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-CHIKBALLAPUR

INC 51.6%won by 25.8%JDU 25.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.6% to 25.8%.

  • New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 25.8% — it did not contest here in 1998.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.1% to 68.8%.

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

Electorate
11,89,272
Turnout
68.8%
Valid votes
8,18,520
Margin
2,11,186
25.80%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1R.L. JalappaIndian National Congress · INC4,22,58751.6%
  2. 2N.RameshJanata Dal (United) · JDU2,11,40125.8%
  3. 3G.VenkatachalaiahJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS1,31,59016.1%
  4. 4KatammaIndependent · IND33,2114.1%
  5. 5G.C. Bayya ReddyCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM17,4342.1%
  6. 6S.R. KrishnamarajuAJBP · AJBP2,2970.3%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JDU swing
−18.6%
INC share
44.4% → 51.6%
JDU share
0.0% → 25.8%
Turnout
71.0% → 68.8%
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