Constituency
194. Dharwad South
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999
IN-DHARWAD-SOUTH
INC 46.2%won by 5.1%JDU 41.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Lok Shakti (LS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 34.3% to 46.2% of the vote here (+12.0%).
- New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 41.1% — it did not contest here in 1998.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.4% of the vote between them, up from 80.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.3% to 70.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,88,328
Turnout
70.6%
Valid votes
7,68,791
Margin
39,198
5.10%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1Prof. I.G. SanadiIndian National Congress · INC3,55,52346.2%
- 2B.M.MenasinkaiJanata Dal (United) · JDU3,16,32541.1%
- 3N.BasavarajJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS96,94312.6%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- LS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JDU swing
- −29.2%
- INC share
- 34.3% → 46.2%
- JDU share
- 0.0% → 41.1%
- Turnout
- 66.3% → 70.6%