Constituency
196. Belgaum
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999
IN-BELGAUM
INC 49.0%won by 6.4%BJP 42.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 31.9% to 49.0% of the vote here (+17.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.7% of the vote between them, up from 77.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.3% to 63.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
12,30,574
Turnout
63.5%
Valid votes
7,81,767
Margin
49,898
6.38%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1Amarsinh Vasantarao PatilIndian National Congress · INC3,83,44449.0%
- 2Babagouda PatilBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,33,54642.7%
- 3Pujari Shrikant SiddappaIndependent · IND48,5846.2%
- 4Yallappa Dattu KambleIndependent · IND16,1932.1%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +19.8%
- INC share
- 31.9% → 49.0%
- BJP share
- 45.3% → 42.7%
- Turnout
- 60.3% → 63.5%