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Karnataka Lok Sabha 1998

Results board · 28 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha

StateKarnataka

Seats

Constituencies

Majority

Seats needed of 28

Electors

3.31Cr

On the roll

Votes polled

2.15Cr

64.9% of electors

Median turnout

67.2%

Median of 28 seats

BJP short

−2

Below majority · 13 − 15

[01]Seat matrix

28 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won

Majority · 15 of 28BJP 13 · 2 short of majority

BJP 1346.4% Bharatiya Janata Party

INC 932.1% Indian National Congress

JD 310.7% Janata Dal

LS 310.7% Lok Shakti

State level, as published

INC 36.2%9 seats · 32.1%

BJP 26.9%13 seats · 46.4%

JD 21.7%3 seats · 10.7%

LS 11.5%3 seats · 10.7%

KTVP 1.8%0 seats

Others 1.9%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

NDA 38.4%16 seats

UPA 36.2%9 seats

THIRD FRONT 20.1%3 seats

OTHERS 5.3%Seats not published

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

BJP converted 26.9% of votes into 46.4% of seats, a seat premium of 19.5 pp.
13 ÷ 28 = 46.4% · 46.4 − 26.9 = +19.5
JD polled 21.7% of votes, the 3rd-highest share, but won 3 seats (10.7%).
3 ÷ 28 = 10.7% · 10.7 − 21.7 = −11.0
Mangalore was decided by 6,907 votes, the closest of 28 seats; Bidar had the widest margin, 1,84,633.
min / max of margin over 28 seats with a recorded margin
In SC-reserved seats BJP won 2 of 5 (40.0%), against 46.4% of all seats.
2 ÷ 5 = 40.0% · 13 ÷ 28 = 46.4%
Turnout ran from 50.6% in Raichur to 74.5% in Mandya; the median seat polled 67.2%.
min / median / max over 28 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

28 of 28 seats carry a turnout

< 50% 00.0% of seats

50–60 725.0% of seats

60–70 1450.0% of seats

70–80 725.0% of seats

≥ 80% 00.0% of seats

LowestRaichur50.6%
HighestMandya74.5%
NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

28 rows · by constituency number

Constituency results, Karnataka Lok Sabha 1998, all 28 seats
#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes polled	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
01	BidarWIDEST	Ramchandra Veerappa	Bharatiya Janata Party	6,10,065	1,84,633	30.3	51.3
02	Gulbarga	Baswaraj Patil Sedam	Bharatiya Janata Party	7,51,734	1,31,798	17.5	59.0
03	Raichur	A.Venkatesh Naik	Indian National Congress	6,07,194	78,278	12.9	50.6
04	KoppalSC	H.G.Ramulu	Indian National Congress	7,26,342	83,122	11.4	59.9
05	BellarySC	K.C.Kondaiah	Indian National Congress	7,38,610	63,738	8.6	62.6
06	DavangereST	Shamanur Shiva Shankarappa	Indian National Congress	8,28,009	11,332	1.4	70.1
07	Chitradurga	C.P.Mudala Giriyappa	Indian National Congress	7,63,214	58,321	7.6	66.2
08	Tumkur	S.Mallikarjunaiah	Bharatiya Janata Party	7,28,992	71,187	9.8	67.5
09	ChikballapurST	R.L.Jalappa	Indian National Congress	8,25,229	1,27,055	15.4	72.1
10	Kolar	K.H.Muniyappa	Indian National Congress	7,80,806	77,972	10.0	72.3
11	Kanakapura	M.Srinivas	Bharatiya Janata Party	12,28,049	16,441	1.3	63.9
12	Bangalore North	C.K.Jaffer Sharief	Indian National Congress	9,61,717	72,447	7.5	57.8
13	Bangalore South	Ananth Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party	8,10,135	1,80,047	22.2	58.0
14	Mandya	Ambareesh	Janata Dal	7,94,821	1,80,523	22.7	74.5
15	Chamarajanagar	Siddaraju. A.	Janata Dal	7,47,221	70,315	9.4	69.0
16	Mysore	C.H.Vijayashankar	Bharatiya Janata Party	8,58,402	1,03,024	12.0	69.2
17	MangaloreCLOSEST	V.Dhananjaya Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party	7,15,912	6,907	1.0	73.7
18	UdupiSC	I.M.Jayarama Shetty	Bharatiya Janata Party	6,78,749	56,568	8.3	67.4
19	Hassan	H D Devegowda	Janata Dal	8,64,621	31,654	3.7	73.7
20	Chikmagalur	Sreekantappa D.C.	Bharatiya Janata Party	7,27,521	52,496	7.2	69.3
21	Shimoga	Ayanoor Manjunath	Bharatiya Janata Party	7,86,730	1,59,907	20.3	70.9
22	KanaraSC	Anant Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party	7,30,812	87,047	11.9	67.3
23	Dharwad South	B.M.Menasinakai	Lok Shakti	7,18,159	86,962	12.1	67.7
24	Dharwad North	Vijay Sankeshwar	Bharatiya Janata Party	6,94,185	1,29,201	18.6	64.0
25	Belgaum	Babagouda Rudragouda Patil	Bharatiya Janata Party	7,37,740	97,057	13.2	61.4
26	Chikkodi	Jigajinagi Ramesh Chandappa	Lok Shakti	6,93,358	1,31,238	18.9	64.9
27	Bagalkot	Ajaykumar Sambasadashiv Sarnaik	Lok Shakti	7,24,951	83,632	11.5	67.1
28	BijapurSC	Patil Mallanagouda Basanagouda	Indian National Congress	6,55,370	52,822	8.1	57.8

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,84,633 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1998 · Karnataka · 28 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database